Healthy Gulf

This weekend, the New York Times reported that scientists studying the gigantic oil spill in the Gulf have discovered enormous oil plumes below the surface of the water. These findings backup claims from other independent experts that BP’s drilling disaster has been spewing far more oil in the Gulf than previously estimated by BP and […]

Latest spill projections through Sunday show no landfall in Mississippi and Alabama, but much of of southeast Louisiana’s coast could see beached oil.Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer

Take a look at this remarkable, and horrifying, collection of photos from the Boston Globe cataloguing the consequences of BP’s oil drilling disaster.A pod of Bottlenose dolphins swim under the oily water, Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer

Check out this CNN video, featuring GRN’s Campaign Director Aaron Viles, discussing BP’s refusal to release most footage of the oil leak on the ocean floor. Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer

Take a look at this NBC Nightly News video featuring Louis Skrmetta, a GRN board member from Mississippi, discussing the devastating impacts that the BP oil drilling disaster will have on his livelihood, and the lives of others who rely on a healthy Gulf and coast. Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer

Latest projections for the BP oil drilling disaster’s footprint, courtesy of NOAA.Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer

On wide swaths of the Gulf were closed to recreational and commercial fishing for at least ten days due to the BP oil drilling disaster. Across the Gulf coast, fishermen, restaurant owners, and those who rely on coastal tourism are already experiencing major economic and emotional challenges. As tough as the initial consequences of this

Check out this USA Today produced video, featuring GRN’s Cynthia Sarthou (around the 3 minute mark), on the impacts of the BP oil drilling disaster on recreational and commercial fishing and the health of the Gulf of Mexico. Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer