Obama Shifts to Speed Oil and Gas Drilling in U.S. By JOHN M. BRODER In at least a partial concession to his critics, President Obama announced several steps to accelerate drilling on public lands and waters.     For the complete story go to nytimes.com

Sea Shepherds Find Healthy Whale Sharks in the Gulf! Report from Bonny Schumaker This Labor Day weekend, Sea Shepherd crew joined their fellow crewmember and pilot in the Gulf since last May, Bonny Schumaker Board Director of Sea Shepherd and founder of OnWingsOfCare.org, to help scientists from the University of Southern Mississippi and Gulf Coast [...]

On Friday, September 11th, 2010, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States . Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this eighth anniversary of one of our country’s worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who lost their [...]

Tell Obama: Stop the Next Drilling Disaster Obama must act now to save an irreplaceable way of life. Obama’s support for drilling in the Chukchi could doom this sensitive area’s polar bears and native communities. Dear Friend, Last month, a federal court in Alaska found that the Bush administration violated the law when it approved [...]

http://www.takepart.com/news/2010/06/26/the-whales-of-the-world-deserve-more The Whales of the World Deserve More As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) wraps up its 62nd annual meeting this week in Agadir, Morocco, I am relieved that the 24-year-old ban on commercial whaling will remain intact and that Australia’s Environmental Protection Minister, Peter Garrett, finally appears to be………read more

Critical Alaska Habitat Spared From Oil and Natural Gas Development Main Content Teshekpuk Lake provides a molting sanctuary for tens of thousands of birds like these Black Brant. The Obama administration opted to buffer the habitat in its first lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic By Molly Loomis for National Geographic News [...]

As storm dies down, crews hurry back to work on gulf relief well NEW ORLEANS– Crews hurried to get back to work on plugging BP’s leaky oil well Saturday after Tropical Storm Bonnie dissipated, and engineers hoped for a window of clear weather long enough to stop the gusher for good. read more and see [...]

As federal panel probes oil spill, picture emerges of a series of iffy decisions Gallery Oil spills throughout history The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has surpassed the size of the 1969 Santa Barbara spill and the Exxon Valdez. Here are some other historical spills. » LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY By Joel Achenbach and David Hilzenrath Washington [...]

Tropical storm Bonnie 2010: Oil spill work on hold as system approaches Gulf oil spill’s animal victims As BP works to control the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, local wildlife struggle for survival. » LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY PHOTO GALLERY shows lots of photos of the sea life affected. By Marc Kaufman Washington Post [...]

It was stated that during the oil spill the helicopter was in the air, however, photographs show that the Helicopter was parked. In one photo you can clearly see the control tower in the top left of the photo, also dials on the dash show that the door and ramp were open, the parking brake [...]