Healthy Gulf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: David Guest, Earthjustice, (850) 681-0031, ext. 103Cynthia Sarthou, Gulf Restoration Network, (504) 525-1528 ext. 202Kristina Johnson, Sierra Club, (415) 977-5619 BP said it could clean up 20 million gallons of spilled oil a dayNew Orleans, LA — Earthjustice filed suit today in federal court against the U.S. Minerals Management Service challenging the …

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Come check out the House of a 1,000 Gator Pops this weekend to support Artspot and Mondo Bizarro’s Loup Garou summer tour, with Gulf Restoration Network. This summer, we’ll be continuing our partnership with the critically acclaimed Loup Garou production to spread the word about restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast and communities to folks from …

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Many of you have seen the dramatic, disturbing photos of sea birds completely covered in oil on Grand Terre Island. Last night, the Unified Command reported that the nearby Queen Bess Island Rookery has also seen severe impacts from BP’s oil drilling disaster. Queen Bess Island is known locally as “Bird Island” and is a …

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A Brown Pelican on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Louisiana has sacrificed 40-60% of our coastal wetlands and natural storm protection to the oil industry, we are fifth in the nation in water pollution due in part to petrochemical industries, and now we …

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Click on the photo below to view a heartrending collection of photos of oiled seabirds courtesy of AP photographer Charlie Riedel. A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

On Tuesday the first reports came in of oil (not just tar balls) directly reaching Mississippi’s Petit Bois, a barrier island, and communities throughout the eastern Gulf are now bracing for the oil to reach their shores. The Press-Register is reporting an oil sheen “riding an incoming tide and south wind almost due north toward …

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One of the most fascinating and unique features of the Gulf of Mexico is a string of thriving deepwater coral reefs which ring the Gulf. In recent years, NOAA and others, including GRN, have been interested in designating many of these deepwater reefs as Marine Protected Areas, but most of these areas still lack such …

Slideshow: Coral Reefs Threatened by Oil Plumes Read More »

For Immediate Release: For More:June 1, 2010 Cynthia Sarthou, GRN, (504) 525-1528 Mary Lee Orr, LEAN, (225) 588-5059 Heather Emmert, Environment America, (504) 861-4427 Joel Waltzer, Esq., (504) 340-6300Gulf Restoration Network, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, and Environment America Intend to Use Federal Clean Water Act to Force BP to Full Disclosure and Deployment of All …

Press Release: Groups Announce Suit to Enforce Federal Environmental Laws Directly Against BP Read More »

Check out the 2nd episode in our ongoing series documenting BP’s drilling disaster, and its impacts on the Gulf ecosystem and coastal communities. This episodes features images of coastal marsh and seaturtles affected by BP’s crude, and interviews with Mike Lane of RodNReel.com, Dean Blanchard of Blanchard Seafood, and Cyn Sarthou with the Gulf Restoration …

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