BP

Ever since the fateful Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, BP has been presenting the public with short videos on the web that document their response efforts. Now, according to the New York Times, BP is commissioning a feature-length documentary about the oil spill.
According to BP, the intent of… Read the rest

If only BP would put all of this new found cap success to work to stop other toxic gushers…… Read the rest

What if crude oil just keeps spilling… and spilling… and spilling into the ocean? Where will it be in a year? The School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii considered just that, and created the above simulation video that demonstrates how far the oil… Read the rest

This is a touched up version of a cartoon I published for Independence Day 2008. Under the biker it used to say “… free from foreign oil.” I think the change to BP was fitting.
Same message though–DITCH YOUR CAR! RIDE YOUR BIKE!… Read the rest

It’s big. It’s bad. And it’s coming to the coastlines of some of America’s best beaches. I wish I were talking about a Jimmy Buffet tour, instead of the ongoing Gulf oil spill.
Who hasn’t seen the headlines about British Petroleum’s failed attempts at capping the gushing flow of oil… Read the rest

A shot that is sure to make any lover of the ocean (or Earth itself) cringe. The caption from Daily Mail’s article reads: “Crude oil washes ashore in Orange Beach, Alabama, where swimming is banned.”
[Via: Daily Mail]
[Photo Via: Daily Mail]… Read the rest

The oil spill disaster continues with new numbers that show the amount of oil gushing from a well in the Gulf of Mexico may be double as much as previously thought. This means the crude is likely to travel farther away, threatening more birds, fish and other wildlife that live… Read the rest

“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – Winston Churchill
When it comes to oil spills, no one knows this better than Native Alaskans. Indigenous Arctic tribes learned their lesson during the Exxon Valdez debacle of 1989. In this edition of Assignment Earth, several leaders… Read the rest

Not that any Wend readers need motivation to get out of the car and onto their human powered wheels (or feet)… but, hopefully this cartoon (or at least its message) will spread far and wide and change will start to take place. After all, according to Grist, we are responsible… Read the rest

This video came across my desk courtesy of the good folks over at the Natural Resources Defense Council. In it, a montage of beautifully shot but highly disturbing photographs from the Gulf oil spill are juxtaposed with quotes from BP CEO Tony Hayward. Click on the screen to learn how… Read the rest