Here's an idea that probably is not front and center in people's consciousness right now -- Texas's Bolivar Peninsula:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=Oq2&q=bolivar+peninsula+wildlife+refuge&btnG=Search
This whole area was devastated by Hurricane Ike, including the wildlife refuges there. A related area is the wildlife refuges around New Orleans and what happened with them after Hurricane Katrina three years ago.
http://www.google.com/search?q=new+orleans+louisiana+wildlife+refuge&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
In conjunction with these, you could research what different oil companies are or are not doing to 1) not make messes and 2) clean up and restore the land if there are messes.
http://www.google.com/search?q=marathon+oil+and+ecology&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
http://www.google.com/search?q=chevron+oil+and+ecology&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
And keep in mind that oil companies aren't the only culprits in destroying our own lands:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com
i need to write a letter to the environmental defense fund about an environmental issue..... any ideas on what i can write about?
i was thinking about writing about how there needs to limits on how much Co2 can enter the environment....but it seems kinda hard to find information on it
thanks for the helo
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