Jess Miller writes from the Gulf of Mexico:

This weekend as the U.S. celebrated Independence Day, our crew in Louisiana joined the masses and also headed to the beaches and the waterways of the Gulf of Mexico. Except instead of watching fireworks and... Read more >

... shame on you.

It has become completely obvious to anyone reading news on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that BP grossly inflated their response capacity and underestimated the worst case scenario in their official response plans. These wer... Read more >

This entry comes by popular request. A lot of people have been asking what they can do to use less oil, and reduce demand for the sticky stuff ruining beaches everywhere. Here's my top ten, feel free to add to it in comments:

1. Carpool, cycle or ... Read more >

When oil started leaking from Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, did you know that you were paying BP and Halliburton to contribute to the disaster?

If you are a US taxpayer, you certainly did. From undeserved tax breaks to direct payouts, the ... Read more >

After collecting over 125,000 signatures to protect Lake Baikal, a unique UNESCO world heritage site in Russia, representatives from Greenpeace, WWF and Bellona handed in a petition to defend the Lake.

A pulp and paper mill is threatening the biodive... Read more >