Earth-Save

Here is a parody of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” written for the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  Lyrics written and performed by Jamie of SomaCow.  I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry at this video.  Warning: Adult Language!

A funny but sad video from the Second City Network about our favorite oil company: British Petroleum.  By the way, regarding the mess in the Gulf… it’s payback for America seceding from the British empire.

Last December, the Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental groups filed suit to stop 77 oil and gas leases for drilling on 103,000 acres of Utah wilderness, much of it surrounding iconic treasures like Arches National Park, Canyonlands, Dinosaur National Monument and Nine Mile Canyon.  Last week, the Interior Department announced that it would cancel the leases.

"The Obama administration clearly understands that instead of allowing the oil industry to destroy places like Arches National Park," said Sierra Club Deputy Director Bruce Hamilton, "we should be investing in the kind of clean-energy-solutions that curb global warming and leave our natural treasures intact."

As reported by RedGreenAndBlue:  The original lease auction was held on December 9th amid intense protest from environmental groups, conservationists, outdoors enthusiasts, the National Park Service, and members of Congress.  Perhaps the most effective protest came from Tim DeChristopher, a University of Utah student who made winning bids on 13 of the 77 leases with no intention of paying the $1.8 million in bids.  The ensuing chaos creating by DeChristopher’s bids threw the entire process into doubt, and delayed the auctions long enough for the Obama administration to invalidate them.