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THIS IS BEN'S NEW BLOG ABOUT GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL GUBBINS

Knowledge is power......but beyond that I don't have a particular agenda to push here. I don't necessarily have answers to the questions our environment is demanding of us.....but I do have the desire to get more people talking about environmental issues even if we don't all see eye to eye.

Problems are unlikely to be addressed let alone resolved unless folk know what is going on around them. And to that end, information & debate are ultimately better than ignorance or sticking our heads in the sand.

PLUS....it's a beautiful, awe-inspiring and sometimes terrifying planet. Put some time aside to marvel at it.

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This is the Gulf of Mexico……and each yellow dot shows where oil or other hazardous materials have been spilled into the ocean.  The 3000 dots show the reports that had enough information to pinpoint them on a map, but there were actually 5100 incidents reported. As if that’s not shocking enough, these incidents represent JUST ONE YEAR of records and that they were all reported in the year AFTER the enormous BP oil leak was finally sealed and have nothing to do with that dreadful leak. According to Skytruth, the United States Congress has yet to pass any new laws governing offshore drilling safety.  In fact, they are going backwards by reducing funding for government inspections and oversight. What the **** are we doing to our oceans!?

This is the Gulf of Mexico……and each yellow dot shows where oil or other hazardous materials have been spilled into the ocean.  The 3000 dots show the reports that had enough information to pinpoint them on a map, but there were actually 5100 incidents reported.

As if that’s not shocking enough, these incidents represent JUST ONE YEAR of records and that they were all reported in the year AFTER the enormous BP oil leak was finally sealed and have nothing to do with that dreadful leak.

According to Skytruth, the United States Congress has yet to pass any new laws governing offshore drilling safety.  In fact, they are going backwards by reducing funding for government inspections and oversight.

What the **** are we doing to our oceans!?

Tags Skytruth environment United States Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill energy news pollution Congress

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