“So all the dispersants are gone,” I ask. “Yes,” says John from NOAA. “So, again, at this…
Oil Spill
Watching Grown Men Cry: Fear and Mistrust in Mississippi
We’re rushing from Grand Isle, Louisiana to D’iberville, Mississippi where our guide, Pat Heidingsfelder, ha…
TarTurtlebabies and the Myth of Sisyphus in Gulf Shores Alabama
I’m driving from Bayou La Batr down to Gulf Shores, the Miami Beach of southern Alabama. It’s August; touris…
Seeing the Gulf From Above
A picture is worth a thousand words. The expression may sound cliche, but in the conservation movement, it couldn’…
10 Ways Geolocation Is Changing the World
This post was written by Rob Reed. He is the founder of MomentFeed, a location-based marketing, strategy, and technology…
Scape-Goating BP Lets Big Oil Off Scot-Free
I’ve been watching the growing condemnation of BP from all sides of the political spectrum and it’s making m…
Can Disaster Tourism Be Beneficial? A Look at the Gulf
I came across an article today about President Barack Obama encouraging Americans, despite the wake of the oil spill, to…
The Forgotten Gulf Oil Spill Victims
Beyond the tragically oil-soaked birds and sea turtles, there’s another animal population feeling the impact of th…