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Larry King Live Telethon helps three groups in Gulf

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 20 June 2010 in Oil Spill

June 21, 2010 -- The Larry King Live Telethon "Disaster in the Gulf: How You Can Help" will help our neighbors in the Gulf region of the United States that have been badly affected by the rush of oil droplets that are invading the brush, beaches and way of life in the area. The states that h...

Green edition: Nothing left to waste

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 20 June 2010 in Agriculture

A SCHOOL packed with hungry students is sure to generate a lot of waste from all those plastic bottles and sandwich wrappers. Urrbrae Agricultural High School wants to recycle as much of that as possible. The school is developing a waste/recycling facility using a $10,000 “Zero Was...

17 Senators sign to Protect Whales

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 20 June 2010 in Animals

WASHINGTON — Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States commend a bipartisan group of 17 United States Senators for joining on a letter to President Barack Obama, asking him to require the U.S. delegation to the International Whaling Commission to vote to uphold...

Oil spilled in Gulf full of methane gas, adding new concerns

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 18 June 2010 in Oil Spill

It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem. Michael DeMocker / The Times-Picayune The Discoverer Enterprise burns off n...

How to help wildlife threatened by the oil spill

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 18 June 2010 in Oil Spill

A massive oil slick caused by the BP oil drilling platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the U.S. Gulf Coast. Efforts are already underway to protect sensitive ecological areas. Many organizations are preparing to mobilize along the coast from Louisiana to Florida to help rescue anima...

Bill Gates pays for ‘artificial’ clouds to beat greenhouse gases

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 18 June 2010 in Clean Technology

The first trials of controversial sunshielding technology are being planned after the United Nations failed to secure agreement on cutting greenhouse gases. Bill Gates, the Microsoft billionaire, is funding research into machines to up ten tonnes of seawater every second and spray it upwards....

More Off-Shore Drilling As BP’s Oil Disaster Grows?

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 18 June 2010 in Oil Spill

As Oil Execs Testify About Drilling Safety, GOP Rallies with Same Old "Drill, Baby, Drill!" WASHINGTON, DC – Despite tens of thousands of gallons of oil continuing to gush from BP’s oil well and executives from five major oil companies testifying before Congress today about off-shore drilli...

Reflections on the Gulf Oil Spill - Conversations With My Grandpa

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 in Oil Spill

Oil supplies the United States with approximately 40% of its energy needs. Billions upon billions of gallons are pumped out of our wells, brought in from other countries, and shipped around to refineries all over the states. 1.3 million gallons of petroleum are spilled into U.S. waters from vessels ...

Please, your help is needed to save the Leather-back Sea Turtles from extinction!!

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 in Wildlife Conservation

Dear Family and Friends, In six months I will be taking on the challenge of volunteering to help save the Leatherback Sea Turtles in Costa Rica, the largest sea turtle in the world. I will be joining scientist and other...

BP to fund $20bn Gulf of Mexico oil spill payout

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 in Oil Spill

Oil giant BP is to put $20bn (£13.5bn) in a compensation fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill and will not pay shareholders a dividend this year. Barack Obama announced the compensation deal after talks at the White House with senior BP executives. Shortly a...

BP bosses including chief executive Tony Hayward (L) at the White House meeting Preisdent Obama (2nd R)

Kevin Costner’s Oil Extractor Ready to Take Action in the Gulf

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 14 June 2010 in Oil Spill

Kevin Costner, actor, musician and environmentalist is ready to help clean up the Gulf oil spill with a centrifuge device that is already in the Gulf waters, ready for action. Concerned about the short-term and long-term ramifications of oil spills in 1993, Costner procured a technology transfer fr...

What would a Citizen Engineer do with the BP Oil Spill

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 11 June 2010 in Earth Violators

In a world of increasing complexity, accidents happen. This accident is a tragedy with 11 dead and 17 injured in an explosion that created the worst oil spill in the history of the United States. Let's start the clock over on these events and explore what a Citizen Engineer would do. Ma...

NASA photo taken May 24 from web site http://2010gulfoilspill.com/

James Cameron Will Fix the Gulf Oil Spill

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 in Oil Spill

There have been several options bandied about as to how to stop oil from flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. Some have suggested nuking the spill, while Hoda and Kathie Lee of the Today show have offered up even stranger solutions. Clearly, someone needs to get “titanic” on the Gulf. Enter James Camero...

After oil spill cleanup, will we tighten the laws?

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 in Oil Spill

As the BP oil spill cleanup continued last week, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) proposed new legislative action that would raise the BP's liability. Are we entering a new era of increased regulation? Earlier this week, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) responded to the continuing Gulf oi...

My Expedition to Costa Rica to save the Leather-back Sea Turtles

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 in Wildlife Conservation

Dear Family and Friends, In six months I will be taking on the challenge of volunteering to help save the Leatherback Sea Turtles in Costa Rica, the largest sea turtle in the world. I will be joining scientist and oth...

It's Getting Hot in Here - A Letter from New Delhi

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 07 June 2010 in Oil Spill

I’m writing this from New Delhi, thousands of miles away from the tragically polluted Gulf Coast, and I’m crying. This crisis has felt so far away from me over the past few weeks, as I’m sure the droughts of Andhra Pradesh and the water crises in Karnataka have felt far from people in Wa...

The End of Oysters? Oyster Party in New Orleans

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 07 June 2010 in Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS — Aaron Jones made his way through the crowd to the foot of the stage, chin raised. An oyster shucking contest was under way, and the master of ceremonies was going around distributing oysters to audience members as if giving Communion, dropping one in Mr. Jones’s open mouth. “Plump and...

20 Days To The G20…20 Reasons The Youth Climate Movement Must Get Organized!

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 07 June 2010 in Climate Change

With 20 days to go to the G8 and G20 summits in Toronto, here are 20 reasons that the youth climate movement needs to get mobilized. Every day you can become increasingly motivated to get organize, get mobilized, and know just why we need to have our voices heard. The G8 and G20 are a self-select...

BP's cap starts collecting oil, but spill still threatens Florida

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 05 June 2010 in Oil Spill

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continued to washed ashore Florida's Panhandle on Saturday, stunning tourists and locals alike, as government officials said the amount of oil a makeshift containment cap is capturing from the ocean-bottom gusher is slowly increasing. BP's cap, initially put into plac...

Oil still spilling after 42 days!!

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 June 2010 in Oil Spill

This is horrible. The amount of oil being spill is tremendous. This oil will cause mass devastation to the Earth. I think we are lucky it happened in America, any other country may have tried to ignore it and nothing would have been done. Something needs to be done to prevent this disaster from aff...