View of Gas Rigs From Dauphin Island, AL. by Harold WrightThere has been a lot of media coverage lately about drilling in the Gulf. Over 3 years ago, the BP disaster began, releasing millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf. More recently, Mississippi’s Sun Herald has published a string of articles discussing oil …
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One of many tarballs.Last I took a trip out to Ship Island off the Mississippi coast. On first glance, the Island seemed to have returned to normal: tourist relaxed on the beach, Fort Massachusetts was open for visitors, and fields of sea oats stood tall in the summer sun. I couldn’t resist jumping in for …
On June 11th, I and 19 others canoed down the Leaf River near Hattiesburg, MS to observe first hand the South Hattiesburg Waste Treatment lagoon and its impact on the health of the river. If you have never been on the Leaf River, it is a beautiful place; its riverbanks are adorned by a mix …