Hope is a flippered thing.

by Pax Amicus

My family had a reunion at my Uncle's house on Hatteras Island. We took a day break walk and found both a live science lesson and a lesson in hope.

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BP Burning Sea Turtles Alive In Attempt To Limit Liability?

by Edger

Daniel Tencer reports this morning at RawStory  that it appears that  "a rare and endangered species of sea turtle is being burned alive in BP's controlled burns of the oil swirling around the Gulf of Mexico, and a boat captain tasked with saving them says the company has blocked rescue efforts."

"Mike Ellis, a boat captain involved in a three-week effort to rescue as many sea turtles from unfolding disaster as possible, says BP effectively shut down the operation by preventing boats from coming out to rescue the turtles."

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BP's Disaster - Turtle Hurdles Edition - ROV #37

by khowell

You are in the current BP disaster ROV, number 37. If you'd like to go back to see what we've said in days past, visit the current mothership. This is where you want to be for discussion, worrying, tearing up, and caring for each other.  It's also where you're welcome to be angry and scream and curse and cry and rant at the criminal negligence and greed that have brought us all together.  Most importantly, though, it's where we can learn from those kossaks among us (I'll not name names for abject fear of leaving one of you out, but you know who you are.) who bring the light of knowledge - sometimes with heat, sometimes without it - and teach us about what's happening beneath our Gulf of Mexico.

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