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A Closer Look at Dispersants

Dispersants, like Corexit 9500/9527, are a mixture of solvents, surfactants and other unknowns that...

NEW PHOTOS: BP Contractors Doing More to Harm than Help Wildlife?

As the BP deepwater drilling disaster stretches into its second month, the wildlife impacts are...

A Real Solution for Fixing the MMS

Recently, the Department of Interior split what was the Minerals Management Service (MMS) into two...

BP's Drilling Disaster: An Anonymous Letter from the Gulf

The letter below just showed up in my in-box. I thought it was a powerful testimony to the...

Tracking BP's oil near Barataria Bay

Last Friday, Gulf Restoration Network staff joined shrimpers Clint Guidry and Glenn J. Poc...

A Closer Look at Dispersants
Friday, 04 June 2010 06:17
NEW PHOTOS: BP Contractors Doing More to Harm than Help Wildlife?
Sunday, 27 June 2010 13:18
A Real Solution for Fixing the MMS
Friday, 02 July 2010 09:35
BP's Drilling Disaster: An Anonymous Letter from the Gulf
Saturday, 10 July 2010 13:06
Tracking BP's oil near Barataria Bay
Monday, 12 July 2010 11:33

GRN Sues to Protect Sea Turtles in the Gulf

Blog - Endangered and Threatened Species

Monday, 20 April 2009 12:30

A group of conservation organizations is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service to force action quickly to protect threatened and endangered sea turtles from death and injury in the Gulf of Mexico bottom longline fishery. Earthjustice, the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and a coalition of conservation groups are urging the Fisheries Service to impose immediate protections for the imperiled species.

For more information, read the GRN's press release, http://healthygulf.org/press-releases/groups-sue-national-marine-fisheries-service-to-protect-sea-turtles.html