Just what does oil leak add up to? - Seth Borenstein, Associated Press 

WASHINGTON — Overwhelmed and saddened by the gargantuan size of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?

A little mathematical context to the spill size can put the environmental catastrophe in perspective. Viewing it through some lenses, it isn't that huge.

...Since the BP oil rig exploded on April 20, about 126.3 million gallons of oil has gushed into the gulf.
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Want your own piece of this spill? If all the oil spilled from the Deepwater site in the Gulf of Mexico were divided up and equal amounts given to every American, we would each get about four soda cans full of crude oil that no one really wants.

Is the Oil Spill Good for Environmentalism? - Ecocentric - TIME.com

Certainly it's given greens a welcome PR jolt.

Jerry Brown's tale of frugality omits $1.8 million home

 He and his wife, former Gap executive Anne Gust, own a custom-designed, $1.8 million house in one of the San Francisco Bay area's most prestigious neighborhoods—a Zen-inspired, five-level architectural gem perched high in the wooded Oakland Hills.
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Brown and Gust bought the home in 2007, the year he became California attorney general. At the time, it was listed for $2.68 million, according to a story published at the time in the San Francisco Chronicle.

World-Wheat Output Lower Than Forecast, Rabobank Says (Update1) - BusinessWeek

Surpluses will be less than forecast after extremely cold weather hurt plants in Ukraine and Russia as they emerged from winter dormancy, Rabobank said.

Humans Extinct by 2110: A Bucket List Beyond the Pail | Gnews

The reign of the human race over planet earth is almost at an end, according to Australian scientist Frank Fenner: “We’re going to become extinct. Whatever we do now it’s too late.”

Let’s take his word for it. So what do we do now? Lobbying governments on global warming seems a sensible response to a looming apocalypse, but no species wants to spend its final 100 years hassling politicians.