Debbie Elliott Beach bum crooner and chief Parrothead Jimmy Buffet played a surprise concert Wednesday night at Lulu’s, his sister Lucy’s restaurant in Gulf Shores, Alabama. He was supposed to play a free benefit show on the beach July 1, but it got postponed because of Hurricane Alex, which has churned up the Gulf and…
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen Makes Olbermann’s Show on MSNBC
That’s Our Person of the Year Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Video: BP Oil Slick Covers Dolphins and Whales
Groups Sue BP for Violations of Endangered Species Act
A coalition of animal rights and conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit in Louisiana on Wednesday, accusing British Petroleum of violating the Endangered Species Act and other federal laws. The lawsuit contends that “controlled burns” in the Gulf of Mexico are fatal to endangered sea turtles, which are unable to escape the boom and are…
How Will Migratory Birds Weather the Gulf Coast Oil Spill?
US Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Strategy Glynn Wilson In a few weeks, millions of waterfowl and other migratory birds will soon begin their fall migration to wintering and stopover habitat along the Gulf Coast. In anticipation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with partners to anticipate and minimize the impacts of the…
NOVA Special on Warrantless Wiretapping Airs This Week
The Spy Factory: Not for the Paranoid The warrantless wiretapping controversy has taken a few twists and turns since President George W. Bush left office — and The Spy Factory premiered last winter on NOVA. The show, which will be rebroadcast tonight on most PBS stations, reported on the National Security Agency’s surveillance of vast…
US Supreme Court Orders Review of Siegelman, Scrushy Convictions
Glynn Wilson Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman in front of the federal courthouse in Montgomery by Glynn Wilson The United States Supreme Court has vacated the political convictions of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, prosecuted by the Bush Justice Department, and ordered an appeals court to review the cases…
BP Press Release Theater
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Reports Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy An “upside” to BP’s oil spill disaster? Uh, we can’t seem to find one, but apparently BP’s fake reporters can.
Buffett Benefit Concert Postponed Due to Storm Until July 11
Due to a potential storm surge of five to seven feet on July 1 on the beach in Gulf Shores from Tropical Storm Alex, the Jimmy Buffett benefit concert scheduled to promote the struggling economy of the Gulf Coast devastated by the BP oil spill has been postponed until July 11. “It has been determined…
Judge Who Struck Down Drilling Moratorium Conflicted
An MSNBC Video Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Read our breaking news story on the subject:
Operation BP: Bullshit Plug (free print-and-play game)
Andrew Sheerin of TerrorBull Games (makers of the beloved War on Terror board game) have created a free print-and-play game called Operation BP: Bullshit Plug. This game is for two players. Each player takes a role – either ‘BP’ or ‘The Public’ and each player has two cards that represent two possible strategies. BP is…
BP Oil Slick Covers Dolphins and Whales
A John Wathen Video In another flight over the BP oil slick source, environmental activist John Wathen reports he saw about 100 dolphins in the oil, some dying. He photographed a sperm whale covered in oil all around it’s blow hole.
Gulf Restoration Tour Around Barataria Bay
NEW ORLEANS, La. — We toured Barataria Bay in southern Louisiana with the Gulf Restoration Network and a representative from the Louisiana Shrimp Association this week and found oil-stained marshes, washed up oil-soaked boom and brown pelicans with their wings soaked in oil and chemicals. This is our innovative new form of story telling on…
Sharks Follow Fish Fleeing Oil Spill to Alabama Shoreline
Dozens of sharks follow fish fleeing oil spill to Alabama shoreline Lots of oil and lots of sharks were seen just off the beaches of Bon Secour on Friday, June 18, according to this Mobile Press-Register video.
BP Manager Makes First Gulf Visit As ‘Oil Czar’
Bob Dudley, the man BP swapped out for embattled CEO Tony Hayward as its face in the Gulf, toured a turtle rehabilitation facility Wednesday and acknowledged the spill response could be better. Duh…
Glenn Beck Attacks Glynn Wilson on Fox News
What a moron. Does anybody still watch this guy’s show?
Birmingham Slapped With $2.9 Million Fine for Killing Endangered Fish
Glynn Wilson A yellow-crowned night heron feeding on the section of Village Creek that intersects the Roebuck Golf Course, just down stream from the destroyed dam. by Glynn Wilson The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a Notice of Violations to the City of Birmingham Thursday for killing 11,760 watercress darters, an endangered species protected…
Endangered Status Proposed for Five Southeastern Fish Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing five southern fish species for addition to the Endangered Species List, the Cumberland darter, rush darter, yellowcheek darter, chucky madtom and laurel dace. They are to be listed as “endangered” throughout their ranges. Primary threats to all five fish species include reduction of habitats and ranges, small…
BP’s Oil Slick Soaks Louisiana Wetlands
A Photo Essay From a Boat Ride Around Barataria Bay Click on each image for a larger view Glynn Wilson The brown pelicans of Barataria Bay in southern Louisiana are threatened again — by the oil slick created when British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon blew up in the Gulf of Mexico — just months after their…
Brown Pelicans Cling to Precarious Existence Along Louisiana Coast
Glynn Wilson Click here or on the image for a photo essay from Barataria Bay by Glynn Wilson BARATARIA BAY, La. — The brown pelicans along Louisiana’s coast are clinging to a precarious existence during nesting season here. All over what’s left of the barrier islands, some huddle over their all white newborns, while others,…
Conservative Federal Judge Overturns Obama’s Gulf Drilling Moratorium
Ruling Exposes Gulf to Repeat Oil Spill Disasters by Glynn Wilson A Republican federal judge with ties to arch-conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scallia who owns stock in Transocean issued a ruling today lifting the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Obama in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in…
