Impassioned Jeff Corwin is everywhere in the oil spill

by YankeeJim | June 30, 2010 at 03:04 pm

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First, I saw him on CBS, then MSNBC. Today, on the water’s edge, he appeared on the verge of tearing up, describing the impact of the oil on birds, crabs, fish and wildlife. He held globs of sand and oil mixed in a ball and discussed the difficulty of cleaning it up.

Even if you can gather it all up and take it somewhere for cleaning and processing, what about all of the displaced, killed, and dying animals? That’s the problem and that’s the long term disaster here. Humans are not immune. We are a part of the affected animal population.

“Jeff Corwin Is NBC/MSNBC's New Wildlife & Science Expert

By Kevin Allocca on Jun 09, 2010 03:58 PM

"Animal Planet" host and general environment expert Jeff Corwin has joined NBC News as NBC/MSNBC Wildlife & Science Expert, TVNewser has learned.

Corwin has been doing live reports from the Gulf Coast for MSNBC during daytime programming since Monday. An MSNBC spokesperson tells us Corwin started with the network this week and will be helping with coverage of the oil spill's impact on the coastal region. He will be appearing across both MSNBC and NBC broadcasts.

Interestingly, Corwin had just been reporting as a CBS News Special Contributor from Mississippi on "The Early Show" in the beginning of May, just after the oil spill began. (Video here.)

Corwin created a documentary called "100 Heartbeats" for MSNBC in November as a part of the "Future Earth" series. At the time, he told TVNewser he hoped it would lead to more opportunities with the network.”