PLANET IN PERIL

PlanetSave - 24 Apr 2011   Last Wednesday, it was determined that BP would be getting  $13 billion in tax credits. It is not clear if BP is even going to pay any taxes at all or if it will actually get money from the government after this. Why is BP getting so much money? Because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico…. Yeah, that’s right, BP got to write off its losses from the oil spill. Residents and animals are suffering (if they haven’t already suffered and died) from this unprecedented disaster, the country is struggling, and BP gets to skip tax season because it’s own mistake caused it to lose money. $13 billion is hard to even comprehend. But let’s put it this way: it’s about equal to the EPA’s annual budget, which just got slashed considerably by a Tea-Party-wacky Congress, and it’s equal to about 1/3 of the total budget cuts our government has put forward for 2011. Now , though, one of my favorite sites, CREDO Action, is pushing BP to take responsibility for i

Joshua S Hill - Planetsave Planet Earth’s oceans now have a second confirmed garbage patch filled with plastic "remains." Details here.

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 20 Apr'11 TheTyee.ca   Who finally tells us the nasty chemicals used for shale gas drilling in Western Canada? The US Congress. Details here. Courtesy Treehugger

Apr 22'11 - Ecological Internet    A 
Re-Declaration of a "Planetary Ecological Emergency."  Details here.

Department of Natural Resources - Apr. 18'11 Nova Scotians are being asked to help slow the spread of a lethal bat disease, called white-nose syndrome.      Details here. Little Brown Bat (courtesy PlanetSave)