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The World

Can wildlife survive the oil spill?

Environment

For a first-hand view of the beaches of Louisiana we’re joined by Jay Holcomb, director of the International Bird Rescue Research Center. Also, Michael Fry an oil toxicologist at the American Bird Conservancy in Washington, D.C.

An intimate tour of the threatened Gulf Coast

Oil Spills in Nigeria

Revisiting the Gulf Deepwater Disaster

The World

The Wild Side of Y2K

Are Chemical Plants Ready for Y2K?

If a chemical plant is hit by the Y2K problem at midnight on December 31st, toxic chemicals could escape. Host Laura Knoy talks with Jerry Pogy, a member of the federal Chemical Safety Board, who says that large corporations are getting prepared for the new year but he’s worried that many small and medium companies […]

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about… a massive 1969 oil spill off Santa Barbara, California.

Rhode Island Oil Spill

Dr. Judith McDowell, a scientist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, fields questions from Steve Curwood on the recent spill of heating oil in the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Rhode Island.

Listener Comments

Living on Earth listeners sound off about Exxon, oil spills, and Superfund lawsuits.

The World

Oil Spills: One Woman’s Story

The Shetland Islands oil spill brings back commentator Alix White’s memories of another spill more than 15 years ago.