Plastic pollution is poisoning the world’s seas and leaving a trail of death throughout the oceanic wilderness. It serves as a largely unseen testament to the awful cost of fossil fuel dependency, which has seeped into nearly every aspect of daily life. In 2005, on an atoll deep in the Pacific Ocean, a researcher found [...]
Continue Reading →In case you were feeling too happy lately, take a look at some of these oil spill photo galleries. Some of the most depressing and inspirational photos are seen here. Click on each image to be taken to a different gallery.
I’m no economist, and I don’t have an MBA. But I can tell you this about the recent speculation that BP could go bankrupt over the Gulf Oil Spill. Not a chance. Here’s why:
BP’s daily profit (not sales… profit) still exceeds what they’re spending on the spill cleanup efforts. Last year alone they [...]
Continue Reading →In the mid-1990s while filming the movie “Waterworld” actor Kevin Costner began working on a way to clean up maritime oil spills. He purchased the rights to technology developed in concert with the Department of Energy after the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in 1989. Fifteen years later and with $24 million dollars of his [...]
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