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“We estimate it would cost between $2,500 and $5,000 to purchase the plants needed to restore a wetland habitat the size of a football field,” said Hilary Collis, program director of the AWCC. “Once areas are declared safe, and don’t require the wearing of hazardous material clothing, we will go in and replant areas that need it,” Collis said.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast an “active to extremely active” hurricane season due to the warm Atlantic Ocean water, the continuation of a “high-activity era” that began in 1995 with the absence of El Nino, which typically means weaker storms.

Global Green’s Matt Petersen: Now that President Obama has acknowledged that he is responsible for the cleanup, the full resources of the federal government must be deployed to the Gulf. BP may have the only equipment to stop the oil spill, but the US Government certainly has the equipment and manpower to manage a much more engaged and robust cleanup effort than we’ve seen to date.

Our U.S. National Park Service provides the most breathtakingly beautiful eco-getaways from sea to shining sea. Take an American holiday with a local eco-getaway in any one of our magnificent U.S. National Parks, like the Great Smoky Mountains.

I travelled to Ecuador with a group called Global Exchange based out of San Francisco. Our goal was to explore the connection between the destruction of the environment and human rights violations by diving into the Amazon jungle and talking with affected local families, indigenous leaders, and environmental organizations.