Pictures of Oil Choked Animals that BP Doesn't Want You to See.

Above: In some cases the birds are so soaked and coated with oil that volunteers can't tell what type of bird it is.If it was up to me the CEO and other executives of BP would be the ones cleaning off these birds one by one. I would also not just charge them for every gallon that is leaked but charged for every bird and animals found saturated in their oil.I never understand the people who think it's no big deal when animals die. People who think animals are just "collateral damage." As if the loss of animals doesn't impact humans. Well, these people are dangerously ignorant because what happens to animals are warning lights to our future. The "canary in the coal mine" if you will. They are people who forgot about the whole eco-system and interdependent food chain.Oil soaked eggs in the wetlands of Louisiana. Can you imagine how fast we'd get off oil if millions upon millions of gallons of it washed over our houses, us, and/or our children like the babies of these birds? We need to start seeing the reality that we're all interconnected and what happens to one species could affect even we humans who have gotten so arrogant that we no longer think we're apart of the chain. Stupid humans. Meanwhile, the latest projections show this oil spreading not just past and around Florida. As well as up the Eastern seaboard but up into the UK perhaps, which would be fitting since BP is a British company.

~The Green Man has Spoken~

The Great Barrier Reef Crashed into by Oil Tanker.

A salvage team could take weeks to remove a grounded coal-carrying ship from Australia's Great Barrier Reef, where it is leaking oil in a pristine marine environment, a state leader said on Monday. The Chinese Shen Neng 1 ran aground late Saturday on Douglas Shoals, a favorite pristine haunt for recreational fishing east of the Great Keppel Island tourist resort. The shoals — off the coast of Queensland state in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park — are in a protected part of the reef where shipping is restricted by environmental law.

Authorities fear an oil spill will damage the world's largest coral reef, which is off northeast Australia and listed as a World Heritage site for its environmental value. "One of the most worrying aspects is that the ship is still moving on the reef to the action of the seas, which is doing further damage" to the coral and hull, the government agency's general manager Patrick Quirk said.

The Green Man: This is why I am so opposed to offshore drilling along the pristine, tropical, marine life refuges off Florida. Our marine system is already under serious attack from rising global temperatures, which are bleaching coral networks that harbor some of the world's most diverse eco-systems. As well as from over-fishing but this recent destruction of the Great Barrier Reef is a real blow as it is the world's largest, and can be seen from outer space. The ship was carrying tons of coal as well, which is leeching into the water. Experts fear further break-up could release larger amounts of that coal into the water around the reef.

They can talk about clean-up all they want but the oil spill by the Exxon-Valdez up in Alaska is still affecting the eco-system negatively. Until the world finally breaks its addiction to oil we'll continue seeing these terrible accidents. The Chinese haven't had the best track record on the environment and while the U.S. has pollution issues too, the Chinese seem to literally have NO standards when it comes to protecting nature. They say that they'll be fined $1 million for this accident but that can't make up for the long-term destruction that this spill has caused for this pristine eco-system. I'm tired of seeing our Earth raped, our oceans treated as toilets and our air polluted with toxins while at the same time to warn people about the dangerous of inhaling cigarette smoke!!

~The Green Man has Spoken~