New view on the Environment

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is becoming quite a threat to the southern coast of the United States, making land fall on Saturday.  There are two ways to look at this situation:

1. The oil in the water is ruining the fishing industry for most southern coastal towns, causing the water to be inhospitable for marine life
2. Look at all that spilled oil that could have been put into my car, darn it

Hopefully throughout the past month that we have been blogging, the readers of this blog look at this situation the first way.

200,000 gallons of oil a day have been released by the oil rig that exploded on April 20.

As more oil reaches land, it seems that the South is being beaten by a two-sided sword.  Heavy rains have caused major flooding in Mississippi and Tennessee, leading some residents to recall Katrina (2005).  So what does this have to do with Elon?  Isn't that what this blog is suppose to be about?  The point is not where there is an environmental challenge, the point is to make sure that the world knows how to fix these problems.

Here at Elon, we know that we should walk places that are close by, recycle, turn off the lights.  Well in Mississippi and Louisiana, they need to take different actions to fix their environmental problems.

It will be difficult to change Burlington to be a more green society, because of the distance between buildings; however, to reassure my group member who blogged before me, a little bit can help a lot.  Just do your part, and you'll help the earth.

To read more on the article of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico visit: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-05-02-obama-spill_N.htm

  Claire