With MSNBC, Jeff Corwin discusses Defenders’ trip to Gulf

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With MSNBC, Jeff Corwin discusses Defenders’ trip to Gulf

Caitlin Leutwiler | Posted on 11 June 2010 | Tags: coastal wetlands, Gulf of Mexico, Jamie Rappaport Clark, oiled birds, oiled wildlife, pelican

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On a Pensacola beach, with the oil sheen only 5 miles away, Defenders board members and NBC special correspondent Jeff Corwin tells MSNBC that while in the Gulf this week, friend Jamie Rappaport Clark told him, ‘I’ve never seen anything like this, it’s like armaggedon.’” Jeff discusses the heartbreaking rescue of wildlife such as brown pelicans, and what the spill means for Gulf habitat.

This post was written by: Caitlin Leutwiler

Caitlin Leutwiler is a Communications Associate at Defenders of Wildlife who works to educate the media and general public about climate change, offshore drilling and conservation issues in Florida and other Southeastern states.

2 Responses to “With MSNBC, Jeff Corwin discusses Defenders’ trip to Gulf”

A.G.Flynn says:

June 14, 2010 at 12:41 pm

Interesting how the title slug on this video piece reads” Oil Spill Invades Nature” – did it *just now* “invade nature?”
Is the ocean not considered ‘nature’ by our media? Is it because it is vast and unseen that we cannot relate to the waters of our Earth as “nature?” Or is MSNBC really spinning the catastrophic spill as only now ‘invading nature?”
I assume that Mr Corwin did not vet or edit the piece – but had he seen that wording – would he have insisted that it read something more cogent like
“Oil spill reaches areas of human habitation, threatens beach volley ball”
or
“Sand Castlers concerned – oil may threaten empire building on Florida beaches”
This ‘stuff’ invaded nature long before the permit (joke) process started years ago.

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