There's an informative and provocative story out today on the environmental impacts of oil.

The headline:Millions Of Barrels Of Oil Safely Reach Port In Major Environmental Catastrophe

The sound bite: "We're looking at a crisis of cataclysmic proportions," said Charles Hartsell, an environmental scientist at Tufts University. "In a matter of days, this oil may be refined into a lighter substance that, when burned as fuel in vehicles, homes, and businesses, will poison the earth's atmosphere on a terrifying scale."

The source: who else but America's Finest News Source.

Read it and laugh. Or weep. Your choice.