I’ve been watching in amazement as a massive oil slick–larger than many small countries–slowly makes it way to the Gulf coastline, some of our nation’s best fishing grounds and most biologically diverse ecosystems. Because of the strong winds, it should reach land soon (or already has), and the choppy seas are making attempts to clean [...]

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster is getting worse by the hour. At the Seminal, diarist Seymour Friendly writes that the collapsed well is leaking oil at the pace of 200,000 gallons a day. If Obama moves forward with expanded offshore drilling, this disaster will only be the beginning. Sign our petition to President Obama asking he end his plans for offshore drilling.

The Coast Guard is working to try to clean up a roughly 2,100 square-mile oil slick in the gulf of Mexico caused by a deep sea oil drilling operation. That means the oil slick is now covering more surface area than 31 different sovereign nations, and could possibly grow even larger. As we watch a [...]