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Earlier this month, I blogged about the environmental catastrophe that began in late April when oil & energy giant BP’s offshore, oil-drilling rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico. Not only did this avoidable disaster kill over ten people, but the uncontrollable gushing of oil that resulted from it — and is presently still taking place a mile below the gulf — is likely to present highly undesirable effects for years to come.

There are reports of oil slicks 10 miles long, 3 miles wide, and 300 feet thick (per today’s NY Metro). This preventable disaster is now affecting the livelihood of thousands of shrimpers, fishermen, and Gulf coast residents and resort destinations — along with all their families and communities. This “spill” (sounds simply like some water spilled on the counter top) is also having enormously negative consequences on the affected ecosystems, and their endemic species — many of these species were already in peril before this spill.

Action not Inaction

The good news is we live in a great country where we have rights, and you can do something — which collectively is adding up to a strong message — insist on:

• No more offshore drilling; and, that the US Senate immediately votes on effective, science-based climate legislation – the House already has, and though weak, it’s a start.

Remember, the practice is every thing we do, not simply what occurs on the mat or cushion. So, join myself and many others in voicing your feelings about these important issues.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King, Jr.

–Vivekan

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