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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

Don't Call it a Comeback!

Blog - Endangered and Threatened Species

Thursday, 12 November 2009 07:41

They've been here for years...

Okay, it's a comeback. But it's a comeback with a cautionary note. Despite yesterday's great news about the brown pelican being removed from the endangered species list, we can't really call the species saved. Without a serious commitment both to coastal restoration and combating catastrophic global warming, this estuary-dependent bird won't be around forever.

It's great that we've been able to bring them back from widespread hunting and the toxic chemical DDT, but the two additional threats to healthy habitat for the majestic bird make the first challenges look like child's play.

Aaron Viles is GRN's campaign director

great photo from NOLA's Times-Picayune.