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Gulf Oil Spill Teaching Resources

Windows to the Universe - from the educators at Windows to the Universe, a compilation of classroom activities for teachers and educators who wish to address oil spills and the effects of oil spills with students. Bird Baths: Cleaning Up Wildlife After Oil Spills, an activity from National Geographic Exploring Effects of Oil Spills on Birds, an activity from the Center for Global Environmental Education Liquid Density and Oil Spills, an activity from National Geographic What ...

EPA Whistleblower on Agency Cover-Up of Effects of Oil Spill Dispersants in Gulf

With BP having poured nearly two million gallons of the dispersant known as Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico, many lawmakers and advocacy groups say the Obama administration is not being candid about the lethal effects of dispersants. In this Democracy Now interview, Amy Goodman and Sharif Abdel Kouddous speak with Hugh Kaufman, a senior policy analyst at the EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and a leading critic of the decision to use Corexit. Here is a partial trans...

We Have Better Energy Choices

This is the creepiest ad. The 'drill baby, drill' chants from the crowd make me imagine a blood-thirsty crowd of Romans awaiting a gladiator fight. This creates once again an opportunity to mention how important it is to demand clean energy and climate change action from our elected officials. Call your Senators. And please tell them, you don't want a bill full of giveaways to big polluters and more offshore drilling. Have you visited the Repower America Wall? Add your voice today. ...

End the Cycle of Collective Destruction: No More Offshore Oil Drilling

Oil is a non-renewable resource. That means the supply of oil on planet Earth is finite. Oil production in the United States peaked around 1970 and since has been declining. Globally we are at or near Peak Oil right now. Our modern civilization runs on oil. Everything in our daily lives is dependent on oil, from the gas we put in our cars, to fertilizers, to plastics, synthetic fabrics, lubricants, paints, cosmetics, the list goes on and on. So do we just keep the party going, drill baby drill a...