Libyan oil spreads out from the nation’s ports to the rest of the world. Italy is, by far, the largest importer of Libyan oil. US imports from the country have fallen in recent years, but China, France, and the United Kingdom have all been buying more Libyan oil.
ExxonSecrets.org : Exxon’s Biggest $$ Winners
ExxonSecrets is a Greenpeace research project highlighting the more than a decade-long campaign by Exxon-funded front groups - and the scientists they work with - to deny the urgency of the scientific consensus on global warming and delay action to fix the problem.Check out the wiki and FAQ to see Exxon’s complex web of organizations, pundits, lobbyists and skeptic scientists running around to deny and undermine the scientific evidence on global warming. More maps here.
BP. A picture is worth a thousand words. Or just one- unforgivable.
Watching the hearings on C-SPAN is actually making me angry.
Oil disaster by the numbers - interactive chart on CNN.com
The Largest Oil Spills in History, 1901 to Present
This map shows the largest oil spills in history (1901 to Present), from tanker accidents and drilling operations, as well as a number of other notable spills.
Click-through to see a full screen map.
Bundle’s newest infographic sure is pretty!
Read the full report on gas and auto spending at Bundle
Download it in high res hereMajor high-fives and thank-yous to Nicholas Felton for creating this.
And a fun factoid from Janet Paskin, who wonders whether we can actually cut back on auto spending:
The average household spent $5,477 on gas and auto expenses last year, according to Bundle data, an amount which accounts for about 14.5 percent of daily spending (not including mortgage/rent). That’s more than we spend on groceries or utilities, and more than we spend on travel, entertainment, clothes and shoes, and hobbies — combined.
Very nice!
FastCompany.com presents a new chart, putting the size—and cost—of the spill into perspective.
New York Times Piece on the Oil Spill
with visualization
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