The ongoing oil spill is utterly heartbreaking, and sickening.
Like many, I still cannot understand how a company the size of BP didn’t have in place not only one, but two, or three, backup plans, in the event of a catastrophe.
The National Audubon Society (http://www.audubon.org/) is one of the groups involved in addressing the disaster.
Here is a link, concerning its Gulf-related efforts; there is a link, on that page, if you'd like to make a donation concerning the group's work related to the spill.
http://www.audubonaction.org/site/PageServer?pagename=aa_HowtoHelp
Here, as well, is a link concerning the work of another group involved in the Gulf, the National Wildlife Federation:
http://www.nwf.org/Home/Oil-Spill.aspx