From the Inbox: Robert Redford reflects on Gulf Oil Disaster

JUNE 2010, VOLUME 2
ROBERT REDFORD ON THE GULF OIL DISASTER "All the people on the coast who depend on fishing for their livelihood could be wiped out and the economic consequences are going to spread over the whole country. But maybe we needed it to be that bad to wake us up. We have to get off of our dependence on oil." Watch Robert Redford now. Get full coverage of the Gulf oil spill from NRDC's experts. View OnEarth's video on the threat posed to the Gulf Coast seafood industry. What to Do About E-waste We dump about 2.6 million tons of electronic waste annually, poisoning waterways and adding to the toxic load of our planet. But you can keep your e-waste from adding to the burden -- read the guide. Help NRDC win $200K from the TakePart.com Members Project! Thanks to your help, NRDC made it to the second round of voting for the TakePart.com Members Project! Please take this opportunity to vote in the new round: -- Go to www.takepart.com and click the "Join TakePart" link at the top of the page. -- Fill out the two-step registration process. -- Click the orange "Get Involved" button on the right side of the page. -- Click "Vote" or "See all the Candidates" and can cast your vote for NRDC. Vote now!		Tell your senators to pass energy legislation that will prevent future oil spills. Take action now. The Philippe family has called Louisiana's Grand Bayou home for centuries. But with vast amounts of oil still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the waters that sustain the fish, oysters, and shrimp they rely on are threatened, along with the family's future. Watch their story. Lisa Suatoni, senior scientist The Many Pathways (and Impacts) of the Oil - From Surface to Sea floor "It's important to keep in mind that the oil that hits the shoreline is what well-respected marine ecologist Jeremy Jackson calls, the 'ring around the bathtub.' This is the oil that we can see. And, in the case of Gulf oil disaster, it is only a fraction of the more than 18 million gallons of oil that have flooded into the Gulf of Mexico. The majority of it remains dissolved or dispersed throughout the Gulf's waters -- largely out of our sight." Read the full post.