UPDATE: see more coverage of this on climate progress plus two bonus videos:  the iconic “you’re gonna need a bigger boat” scene from Jaws and “Jaws in 60 seconds”.

The New York Times is reporting (here) that new estimates virtually double the rate that oil is thought to be flowing into the gulf.

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Pelicans are my favorite birds and among my favorite animals.  Seeing them covered in oil really sucks.

I think these images are every bit as disturbing as those Chris Jorden took at Midway island last year of dead albatross chicks choked by plastic they were fed by their mothers (here).

Brown Pelicans were once greatly [...]

This really is must see TV:

Hat tip to Dr Elvira Poloczanska of CSIRO of Marine Climate Change Report Card for Australia fame (among other things).

From the BBC (here)

By Richard Black, ,Environment correspondent, BBC News, Bonn

Rich countries accused of carbon ‘cheating’

Russia, Australia, Canada and some EU countries are among the accused.

The rules relate [...]

First go here for the PBS/NPR live stream. (it just keeps flowing out)

And then see this movie:

As if the timing couldn’t be any worse, the Belize government has issued permits for oil exploration on the Belizean portion of the Meso-American reef in Central America.

See more on this here, here and here this press release just issued by WWF:

Potential Belize Offshore Oil Exploration threatens Coral Reef Health

BELIZE.- [...]