{"id":6006,"date":"2010-05-20T22:27:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T05:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=6006"},"modified":"2010-05-20T22:27:44","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T05:27:44","slug":"coming-to-terms-with-the-gulf-oil-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=6006","title":{"rendered":"Coming to Terms With the Gulf Oil Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

The truth is, I can’t. I cannot reconcile what’s happening in the Gulf right now when I read the reports . . . when I consider the gusher of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico and moving into the loop current . . . and when I understand personally what clean up and wildlife rescue entails in even the smaller spills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If BP manages to cap the well next week and some end to this travesty seems plausible, I might be able to muster a sensible, philosophical stance. The truth is, right now, I’m in despair over the ramifications of what’s happening as a result of [what appears to be] another case of unfathomable corporate and bureaucratic negligence, and possible malfeasance.<\/p>\n

So, the title of this blog post is misleading. I’m struggling to wrap my head around the severity of this situation, while maintaining a pragmatic and hopeful stance. If this disaster finally moves us toward a genuinely green economy, does that really assuage — under the circumstances? It’s a tragically high price for nature to pay<\/a> for our own short-sightedness.<\/p>\n

If you are, in fact, coming to terms with this situation in effective ways, I’d love to know how. In the meantime, I’ve updated my Gulf oil sticky<\/a> to include last Sunday’s 60 Minutes<\/i> story on the topic, as well as a few additional links and stories.<\/p>\n

–> Gulf Oil Geyser Updates<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

The Photo: I shot this as we surveyed for oil and oiled birds on the beaches of San Francisco Bay during the Cosco Busan spill.<\/i><\/p>\n

In this video, Jay Holcomb of IBRRC<\/a> explains the bird-washing process in oil spills.<\/b><\/p>\n

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The truth is, I can’t. I cannot reconcile what’s happening in the Gulf right now when I read the reports . . . when I consider the gusher of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico and moving into the loop current . . . and when I understand personally what clean up and wildlife rescue entails in even the smaller spills. If BP manages to cap the well next week and some end to […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,1],"tags":[231],"class_list":["post-6006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pollution-wildlife-ethics","category-uncategorized","tag-pollution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}