Aaron Viles

With 100 miles of dark, slick oil covering its surface, the Mississippi River winds its way towards the Gulf of Mexico, leaving citizens across the nation once again reminded of the many reasons why we must move beyond our dependence on oil. As a 600 ft. tanker crashed into a barge spilling almost a half […]

Outrageous cartoons, foreign policy differences, oil drilling flip-flops, the fight forthe White House is really underway. With Louisiana’s Governor Bobby Jindal in the running for the McCain veepstakes the Republican contender seems to spend a lot of time in Louisiana, but it is time that we put the issue of the Gulf Coast environment and

Check out the latest video from the GRN video team. This documentary short gives an update to Washing Away, the documentary shown at last year’s Katrinaversary parties, on the issue of wetland loss in coastal Louisiana and the need to halt this coastal crisis. Features Kerry St. Pe of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, the

This Summer, the Gulf Restoration Network crew has been expanding — kind of like the Dead Zone, except focused on a HEALTHIER Gulf of Mexico. We’ve set up an outreach office in the University area of New Orleans, and hired dozens of college students from LSU, Tulane and other campuses to fan out through the

New Orleans native, and creator of the most famous Play-Doh figure this side of Gumby, Walter Williams is a documentary filmmaker, frequent GRN collaborator, and perhaps best known for Mr. Bill of classic Saturday Night Live fame. Walter and GRN worked together on our “Hear The Music” campaign targeting Shell at Jazzfest. Here’s Walter’s post

Heading to Jazz Fest today? If you’re there or in the neighborhood, keep an eye on the sky and check out our message to Shell, the sponsor of the event. We’re going to have a plane flying a banner over the festivities, reading: Shell, hear the music. Fix the coast you broke!As you well know,

On April 1st Tulane’s Environmental Action League joined thousands of people around the world in a day of protest against the fossil fuel industry. Fossil Fools Day, organized by the Energy Action Coalition and a number of other international environmental groups, boasted protests, acts of civil disobedience, green job rallies, and a ton of media

Ok….I admit it. I’m the world’s most reluctant flyer. I’m a man of the earth and the rivers. I leave the sky to the birds. I usually find a reason to drive across the great state I call home, and across the Gulf region for meetings and gatherings. My GRN compatriots are well aware of

Unless you’re a frequent reader of this blog, or read about pogies in this recent coverage or editorial on the issue in the Galveston Daily News, you’ve probably never heard of menhaden, but this small, oily fish is one of the most critical components of the Gulf’s marine foodweb. Some call them shad, or pogies,

Since the Magnuson-Stevens fisheries management act was reauthorized in 1996 as the Sustainable Fisheries Act, there’s been a mandate for ‘ecosystem management’ of the fish in the oceans of the United States (this was reaffirmed with last year’s reauthorization of the MSA). I think it’s fair to say, whether you look at the North Pacific,