The coastal crisis in Southern Louisiana is at a tipping point. We continue to lose a football field of wetlands every hour, or 16 square miles a year. If we fail to adequately address the problem, that rate could skyrocket to 51 square miles every year, jeopardizing our very way of life. Fortunately, Louisiana has …
Recent headlines and GRN’s work has underscored that the oil industry continues to abuse the Gulf, and our nation’s energy sacrifice zone shows the true cost of our collective oil addiction.First, the back story: Recent research shows clearly that the act of removing oil and gas deposits from beneath Louisiana’s marsh fueled catastrophic subsidence, playing …
This is too outrageous to ignore! Last year, in the wake of the BP drilling disaster,President Obama made a promise to the people of the Gulf that his administration would hold BP accountable for the massive amounts of damage the company caused.Well, that promise has been broken.Under an agreement entered into between BP and the …
Eighteen months ago, BP’s Macondo well erupted, spewing over 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. We continue to experience impacts from the disaster today. The oil is still washing on shore and the environmental impacts are still being revealed -the BP oil disaster is not over.We’ve seen record numbers of dolphin …
I’ll admit it, I’m excited. But don’t tell my boss.For the 5th year, GRN is the official, non-profit partner of the Voodoo Experience, a huge music festival taking place Friday-Sunday in NOLA’s City Park. 5 stages, over 100 bands, and thanks to the hard work of GRN staff and volunteers:Kral oyunlar kral oyun Oyunlar oyun …
76 weeks after the Deepwater Horizon exploded then sank into the Gulf of Mexico, triggering the worst accidental marine oil spill in U.S. history both the House and the Senate have bills introduced which would direct the historic Clean Water Act fines from BP’s deepwater drilling disaster to tackle the ongoing challenges facing the Gulf.In …
RESTORE Acts in Both Houses – Will Congress Finally Direct BP Fines to Gulf? Read More »
The US Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation & Enforcement (BOEMRE, say “Bummer”) released what may be the final report in the long line of investigations into what went wrong and why offshore in the days and moments leading up to the deadly explosion which set in motion the BP deepwater …
So why am I going to DC to fight tar sands?Earlier this year, an amazing list of 20 environmental and social justice leaders issued an invitation to help fight for our climate. I read it. I thought about it. I shared it on FB. And then I pretty much forgot about it, returning my attention …
Congress has finally introduced a bill to help restore the Gulf by directing fines and penalties paid by BP and other responsible parties to the Gulf for ecosystem restoration.Here in the Gulf, let’stake a moment tothank our senatorsfor working together to introduce the Restore The Gulf Coast Act of 2011, and ask our representatives to …
Whew! After months of negotiations, wrangling and missteps, a Senate bill has finally been introduced to use BP’s clean water act fines to jumpstart restoration efforts in the Gulf. Kudos to Senators Landrieu, Boxer, Vitter, Shelby, and every other member of the Gulf delegation who came together around this much-needed bill. In these days of …