We’re laughing at these photos and videos to keep from crying. First the Top Hat, then the Top Kill and now … Kevin Costner? Read the original post: 10 of the Funniest Reactions to the BP Oil Spill  Read More →

Locusts are notorious as being indiscriminate devourers of everything and somewhat mindless in their attack. Although desert locusts are infamous for their swarming behavior, they usually occur in a solitary form, living alone and actively avoiding fellow locusts. The difference between a swarming locust... 

Up from the briny deep of the Gulf of Mexico came a nightmare for President Barack Obama. Unlike Hurricane Katrina and its immediate, frightful images of people in crisis, the gushing BP oil well has been a slow-moving behemoth that is now taking a political toll on the U.S. president. Obama was already... 

The Western Mediterranean Sea is heating up and getting saltier, a new study finds. Each year the temperature of the deep layer of the Western Mediterranean increases by 0.0036 degrees Fahrenheit (0.002 degrees Celsius), and its salt levels increase by 0.001 units of salinity, researchers monitoring... 

by Jonathan Hiskes. Now we’re getting somewhere on the offshore drilling problem. Some progress from the top: Mr. Obama ordered a further six-month moratorium on new permits for new deepwater oil and gas wells; suspended the planned exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off the coast of... 

by Agence France-Presse. NEW ORLEANS — BP’s risky “top kill” of its ruptured Deepwater Horizon well appeared to stop the oil flow Thursday, even as new data showed the Gulf of Mexico leak had already become the worst in U.S. history. Moving to ensure the United States is never... 

From Gulf Islands National Seashore to Everglades National Park, several natural treasures – and vacations – are at risk . The rest is here: 15 National Parks and Wildlife Refuges Most at Risk from the BP Gulf Oil Spill  Read More →

ScienceDaily (May 23, 2010) — Two University of Arizona researchers have studied the relationship between Arizona’s 2007 law that bans smoking in public places and hospitalization rates for a range of ailments related to secondhand smoke exposure. Their results: Admissions for acute myocardial... 

Humans have the unparalleled ability of altering their environment to suit their needs. We have shaped the entire face of the planet, from the densest cities to the rural countryside. Yet, on their own small level, other creatures in the animal kingdom can affect their environment as well. Amazingly,... 

7 Questions with Organic Farmer Erin Flynn, a small-scale organic farmer featuerd in Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America’s Farmers. The rest is here: Her 5-Acre Cancer Cure  Read More →

Dogged by delays and intense pressure from the Obama administration, BP Plc faces a pivotal day on Wednesday as it attempts a tricky plan to clog the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well five weeks into the disaster. If the “top kill” procedure joins the list of BP failures to plug the leak, U.S.... 

by Jonathan Hiskes. My request for President Obama is simple, really: Dust off the secret presidential SCUBA suit, invite the Senate’s biggest oil-industry shills on a “fact-finding mission” to the Gulf (promise shrimp cocktails if necessary), and use them to plug up BP’s hole.... 

by Agence France-Presse. Watch Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, dive into the oily Gulf of Mexico on ABC’s Good Morning America :  Read More →

Manufacturers have been adding the germ fighter triclosan to soaps, hand washes, and a range of other products for years. But here’s a dirty little secret: Once it washes down the drain, that triclosan can spawn dioxins. Dioxins come in 75 different flavors, distinguished by how many chlorine atoms... 

Closing fishing areas and regulating the use of fishing gear can result in more profitable catches that boost fishermen’s incomes, according to a study. The conclusion has emerged from a long-term investigation in Kenya on the effects of fishery closures on fishermen’s profits. The study,... 

New reports are surfacing every day about the immediate impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf Coast wildlife, especially as the oil reaches the sensitive marshlands along the coast. What will be the long term impact to local marine life? There is some knowledge from earlier releases such... 

by Randy Rieland. Here’s something to fill you with confidence on the eve of BP’s risky “Top Kill” gambit: Workers on the Deepwater Horizon rig missed warnings that something was seriously wrong before the rig exploded. BP itself, in a memo to a House committee, reveals that... 

Chemicals in perfumes are laced with more than fragrance. Report exposes potentially toxic chemicals in brand-name and celebrity perfumes. View original post here: Perfume … or Poison?  Read More →

Updated for 2010! These safe sunscreens not only protect your skin from sun damage and cancer, but also come free of suspects ingredients, like parabens, oxybenzone and retinyl palmitate. Go here to read the rest: 21 of the Best Natural Sunscreens  Read More →

by Jonathan Hiskes It gives me the willies to think about it, but it’s probably a good time for a hard look at our “backup” accident plans for nuclear power plants, now that we know how unbelievably unprepared the BP/Transocean/Halliburton Dream Team was for an accident on their Deepwater...