Healthy Gulf

The slow moving nightmare that is BP’s oil drilling disaster is escalating as a significant amount of oil is now reaching Louisiana’s delicate wetlands. This critical situation requires a fight from all directions. While it seems overwhelming, GRN is fighting to protect our coast and address this disaster, and you can help. GRN has pressured […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Aaron Viles, (504) 525-1528 Ext. 207 May 27, 2010 aaron@healthygulf.orgSEND IN NAVY, HALT THE DISPERSANTS, AND PUT HONORE IN CHARGE, GROUPS SAYGrand Isle, LA- A coalition of commercial and recreational fishing organizations, native American tribes and local community organizations have joined with environmental organizations to demand a larger, more effective response

After much public pressure, and an official request from Representative Edward Markey, BP has released a live video feed of the oil gushing from the ocean floor. You can find the feed in a lot of different locations, but as of this writing, most of them seem to be nonfunctional (presumably because of heavy traffic).

The oil slick from BP’s drilling disaster continues to expand and NOAA’s latest projections are now broken up into two maps. One for the main surface sheen and one for the tendril drifting towards the Loop Current and Florida. Skytruth is reporting that the slick is now approximately twice the size of New Jersey –

NOAA is confirming that part of the oil slick has entered the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico. The Loop Current transports warm Caribbean water between the Yucatan and Cuba northward into the Gulf of Mexico, and then loops to the southeast towards the Florida Keys (eventually meeting up with the Gulf Stream). It’s

Yesterday, on a trip to South Pass, Louisiana to survey the BP oil drilling disaster, CBS reporters were turned away by the Coast Guard under threat of arrest because of “BP’s rules.” Since this catastrophe first began almost a month ago, BP has attempted to restrict independent monitoring of the spill site and its impacts,

Roughtongue Bass, Image Courtesy of Islands in the Stream 2001, NOAA/OER.The “Islands in the Stream” are a series of underwater coral reefs, banks, and ridges that ring the Gulf of Mexico – forming an incredibly biodiverse and productive chain of habitat across the Gulf. In 2008, NOAA and others attempted to seize the unique opportunity

Since the BP oil drilling disaster began, residents and communities from across much of the Gulf coast have reported discovering tar balls washed up onshore. Some of the areas where they have been discovered include Dauphin Island, Alabama, Long Beach, Mississippi and, now the Florida Keys. BP’s drilling disaster is releasing massive quantities of oil

NOAA’s latest trajectory map for the oil slick, click to enlarge: