Aaron Viles

Citizens Affected by Oil Disaster Invite BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg On Tour of Gulf CoastAdd your voice to the call for justice for the GulfBryan Parras of TEJAS addresses BP AGM protest while Derrick Evans of Turkey Creek, MS looks on. Photo courtesy of Liana Lopez.the following is a post from the Gulf Coast Fund.April […]

liquid oil in the Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area, at the mouth of the Mississippi River. March 27, 2012. Photo courtesy CPRA.Three weeks ago GRN was busting out the bubbly over a significant step forward in efforts to bring BP’s sure-to-be-historic Clean Water Act fines back to the Gulf to fund ecoystem restoration initatives.Perhaps

Given that the Gulf has been the nation’s energy sacrifice zone for decades, GRN has a more-than-passing interest in the ongoing debate about expanding drilling, especially as currently framed by the GOP contenders, as a method of decreasing the price you pay at the pump.Because of that interest, I’m going to be representing GRN on

Green heron and many other species should be breathing a sigh of relief today. Photo Jeffrey Dubinsky, GRNDo you hear it? The huge whoooshing sound escaping from the Gulf coast? It’s a sigh of relief emanating from our nation’s most important coastal marsh complex. Yesterday, the RESTORE Act received 76 votes in the Senate. In

GRN’s Jonathan Henderson examines a tar mat along the Louisiana coast on Feb 24, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Erika Blumenfeld)The big news is that BP and the plaintiffs steering committee have agreed to a process to settle remaining private claims, and that the PSC will be bowing out of a trial. BP is spinning the

But we really hope the Senate will send the Gulf some love this week.It looks like the RESTORE Act may be brought up as an amendment to the Transportation bill currently under consideration right now in the Senate. As you probably remember, the RESTORE Act seeks to direct 80% of BP’s Clean Water Act fines

Well, as we know down here, sometimes when it rains, it hurricanes!While NOLA is pretty-much transfixed by Mardi Gras, we’re also juggling a few different important opportunities to help protect & restore the coastal environments that created this amazing culture.If you love the Gulf, we need you to take part in these efforts this week

Despite continuing to deal with the worst off-shore oil drilling disaster in U.S. history, BP made nearly $24 billion dollars in profit last year. Meanwhile, the rumors of a settlement between BP and the federal government continue to swirl, with BP CEO Bob Dudley quoted as demanding a “fair and reasonable price.”That might not rank

Nearly two years ago the people and places of the Gulf of Mexico suffered the greatest oil disaster in American history. Understanding that there would be an equally historic price for BP to pay, GRN has been working hard to bring BP’s Clean Water Act fines back to the Gulf. Now it seems like BP

My mom has been convinced for years that my organizing and activism is really just a stepping stone to a career in Hollywood. I love my Mom, but I have no idea why she thinks this. I have no interest in acting. I haven’t been in a theatrical performance since a role in the HMS