Is this what democracy looks like? At least that’s the most common chant that emanated from the cacophony. I’m sure the slogan means a lot of different things to people, but for a misanthropic curmudgeon like myself, being involved in such a human cluster might seem oxymoronic at best. Let me explain.The people I’ve been seeing out there in Liberty...

An article in The Ecologist concerning dispersants: Toxic dispersants in Gulf oil spill creating hidden marine crisis.See Jane Do did a profile on me concerning my work in the Gulf.

An August 4 New York Times article entitled US Finds Most Oil From Spill Poses Little Additional Risk, clearly leads us to believe that only 26% of the officially estimated 4.9 million barrels (one barrel equals 42 gallons so that’s 205.8 million gallons) of oil spilled into the gulf is still at large.There is a handy graphic that is based on the findings...

An interview I did last Saturday with Jesse Locks of “See Jane Do” is going to air tonight on KVMR at 630pm PST. Sorry for the short notice! We talked about my experience in Louisiana as well as what’s happening now. I will also be featured in the “Extraordinary Jane” column which will run on Sunday in the Nevada City/Grass Valley paper The Union....

I’m posting this through tears. Drew Wheelan’s latest video highlights the importance of keeping this disaster in the forefront of our attention until it’s cleaned up and we’ve created a whole new body of oil industry related regulations.

I’ve finally succeeded in getting one of my articles published with a news organization. AlterNet has been kind enough to run this piece, Disaster on a Small Scale: How the Gulf Spill’s Devastation Works Its Way From Plankton to Pelicans. I’m currently working on another story for them that is slated to come out some time in the first week of August....