![]() When “charismatic mega-fauna” are in trouble - pandas, elephants, polar bears - people rise up. The downside of giant panda-dolatry is that it can eclipse the sorrowful state of other species who are just as critically endangered but unlikely to inspire Facebook pages and stuffed toys. ![]() But it is the big event, the photo-compelling thing that commands news airtime and elbows into social media. The oil spill is of course many things that the hugely adorable panda is not. ![]() In a bad way, a very bad way, the Huntington Beach oil spill is the enviro-disaster equivalent of the giant panda.
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