According to one of the spokespeople in the film: They’re not cleaning it up, they’re covering it up! Source

As bad as the situation is, no legal protection seems currently possible which could protect the Gulf from more drilling ventures of the kind we have seen from BP. Watch this video on some of the legal aspects of the Gulf crisis.- Gulf Tides: Episode 5 – Tough Times, Tar Balls and Tourists – July [...]

A newly surfaced home video lays out Netanyahu’s negotiation strategy with the US. He claims overwhelming US support for Israeli policies, tells how he “stopped Oslo, ” calls the level of Us support “absurd.” The editors. English Transcript below: Megabytebots | July 17, 2010 READ ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT HERE (click open) (100% THANKS TO djonesowens1 http://www.youtube.com/user/djonesowens1 [...]

A Meditation for the world’s oceans shows us we have the support of the Cetacean Family of Light, with text by Celia Fenn and Kai! and music by Deva Premal and Miten from their New CD! Source

This is a reborn recording issued by Magnatunes: Edvard Grieg piano music transcribed by Daniel Estrem for classical guitar. The Magnatunes commentary follows:The Estrem and Holmquist guitar duo (active from 1971-1988) performs a program of Estrem’s transcriptions of 11 Lyric Pieces and the Holberg Suite by Edvard Grieg. The music was originally for piano, and [...]

>Southwings does heroic work. This sounds exciting. You can go flying and save the planet at the same time. SouthWings, a non-profit organization that bills itself as “the environmental flight service for the southeast,” is looking for a few good pilots. Since the group was founded in 1996, it has worked with almost 700 organizations [...]

Here is an AP Press report posted on Hurricane Creekkeeper’s Blog: Friday, July 16, 2010 BP finally stops oil spewing from Gulf gusher —for now Cap will be monitored for next 48 hours [AP Photo] This image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 14:27 CDT, shows that oil has stopped flowing from the [...]

Here is a photo essay written by some recent visitors to the affected areas of the Gulf. It gives a feeling for the way people and wildlife are actually affected, whereas most reports on the area tend to circumnavigate this topic or deal with it from afar. Thank you to the writers for braving the [...]

Washington’s Blog Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Government Stops Oil Well Integrity Test, Relief Well Drilling Temporarily Stopped, Chaos Reins Yesterday, I explained what is happening with the efforts to stop the oil gusher. I have some important updates. Initially, it turns out that it was the government which ordered the delay in the well integrity [...]

According to Lia Grainger’s report in the Financial Post yesterday (July 13, 2010), the Quebec City Music Festival is Canada’s largest music event, with $54 all-event wristbands for 11 days. Having started out in 1968 as a small francophone event, it now brings in more than a million visitors. More from Mojo below… Although city-block-sized [...]

U.S. Senate Bill 510, supposedly concerned with food safety modernization, is now under consideration, although, the Weston Price Foundation states, it poses a threat to producers of local, nutrient-dense foods. The material below is a call to action from the Weston Price Foundation and includes suggestions on taking action on this bill, as well as [...]

Scientific Research into Gulf Seafood Survival July 13, 2010 Louisiana Seafood. Promotion and Marketing Board Fin fish populations in the Gulf of Mexico will fair better during the catastrophic BP oil spill than mollusks and crustaceans because they have longer life cycles, are more mobile and have a larger and more expansive habitat, according to [...]