Okay, partly good news. By my standards, which are not everyone's, as you all have tried to teach me. And the oil spill news is not good by anyone's standards, much as I would like it to be. But I had to say it.
Many thanks to the loyal readers who have allowed me to fulfill my community service requirement so enjoyably. I will miss sending these.
ECO-NEWS, WEEK 9
BP failed to plug the Gulf oil leak with mud, and their next attempt to staunch it -- making a clean cut in the broken pipe and fitting a funnel-tube over it -- could easily make it worse. (AOL)
Sand berms will be built to help block oil from some of Louisiana's coast. But marshes, brown pelicans, shrimp, oysters, and other wildlife -- and humans -- are already getting slammed. (Agence France-Press)
Obama suspended plans for new oil drilling in Alaska, Virginia, and the Gulf of Mexico, along with all new deepwater oil/gas drilling. (New York Times)
Montgomery County, Maryland, adopted the first US carbon tax (Grist)
Alaotra grebes, birds endemic to a lake in Madagascar, were declared extinct. Fish nets, introduced fish, and poaching are probably to blame. (BBC)
Pressured by Greenpeace, the world's largest container-shipping company announced its refusal to ship shark, orange roughy, 'Chilean seabass' or whale meat. (Fish Information and Services)
A double-hulled oil tanker struck another ship near Singapore and leaked 2.5K tonnes of oil, some of which washed up on several miles of beach. (Pakistan Times)
http://www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=11570
Endangered Atlantic salmon, currently being re-stocked in the Penobscot River, returned in relatively high numbers this spring. (Bangor News)
Climate skepticism is on the rise in Britain. [They should come here] (New York Times)
To help wildlife in the Gulf, an 11-year old artist in NY started a high-profile partnership with several organizations, sending customized bird illustrations to anyone who donates. Well, the art/nature/activism combination made me happy. (AOL)
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