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Oh, and Happy Birthday to Anderson Cooper. Your reporting on this disaster has been a gift to us all, painful as it is.

Update [2010-6-4 0:16:16 by Eileen B]:

Please rec this comment byDitch Mitch KY:

Call Congress on Friday (3+ / 0-)

Use the free number to the Congressional switchboard, and ask for the Senate Energy Committee, the House Energy Committee, and any Senator or Representative. Demand action. Demand that each member of the Committees watch Rachel Maddow's show 6/3. Keep calling and keep thinking of ways to make this story real to all US citizens.



1-866-338-1015

Find your Senator's contact information here and contact your congressperson here.

Update [2010-6-4 1:32:30 by Eileen B]:

This PDF report is from the Official Deepwater Horizon Response website.

Consolidated Fish and Wildlife Collection Report

DATE: June 3, 2010

These are the consolidated numbers of collected fish and wildlife that have been reported to the Unified Area Command from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), incident area commands, rehabilitation centers and other authorized sources operating within the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident

impact area.

Obviously, the source isn't exactly unbiased, but nonetheless it's the only official numbers we have to go by:

