Healthy Gulf

GRN photo of spotty sheen at the Macondo well area reported to the Coast Guard in August of 2011. In September of this year, BP reported oil sheen in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in 2010 causing the largest oil disaster in U.S. history. This comes as no surprise to the […]

Right now, Governor Bryant’s Go Coast 2020 commission is putting together a plan for how Mississippi will divvy up its share of the billions of dollars in BP fines coming to the Gulf Coast under the RESTORE Act. A bipartisan majority of Congress passed the RESTORE Act so that we could restore the unique and

Chef Susan Spicer (right) hosts an annual GRN fundraiser at her restaurant Mondo. Pictured here with GRN member, Linda Usdin. On October 14, GRN supporters came out to Mondo in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans to attend the sixth annual fundraising event, Defend Our Coast, Defend Our Culture. Funds raised from the event support

For an evening of great discussion, food, and music tobenefit GULF RESTORATION NETWORKPhoto by Anthony Schoenecker October 14, 20126 to 8 p.m. 900 Harrison Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana www.mondoneworleans.comSeating is limited, so reserve your place todayKeynote SpeakerAdam Babich, Professor and Director of the Tulane Environmental Law ClinicHors d’oeurves byChef Susan Spicer, GRN advisory board member,

In August, the Governor of Mississippi announced the formation of GoCoast2020 – an advisory body to guide the Governor and other state officials on the use of BP fine money coming to the state under the RESTORE Act. They’ll be holding public hearings this week, and GRN and our allies will be there working to

View looking south from Mississippi’s West Ship Island. Late last month, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant announced the formation of the GoCoast2020 – an advisory body to guide the Governor and other state officials on the use of RESTORE Act funds in Mississippi. GoCoast2020 is made up of over one hundred members, distributed between 8 subcommittees

The fight to protect Mississippi’s waters and Gulf Islands National Seashore from offshore oil and gas drilling is heating up. Right now, Gulf Restoration and our partners are suing the Mississippi Development Authority over proposed rules for drilling, but ultimately its up to the Governor whether or not to let plans for drilling move forward.

From Mississippi’s stunning wilderness barrier islands to the Nature Coast of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico is home to some of the most amazing seashores in the nation, but many of these special places are under threat from offshore oil and gas development. For years oil and gas industry lobbyists, and their friends in government,

Dispersants being applied on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.Photo from US Coast Guard. Yesterday, Gulf Restoration Network — along with Louisiana Shrimp Association, Florida Wildlife Federation, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Alaska-based Cook Inletkeeper, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Sierra Club — filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The blue areas are those proposed for expansion. Graphic courtesy of the USACE.For years, community leaders and organizations in the Gulfport area have been fighting to make sure a proposed expansion of the Gulfport Port, and associated projects like a connector road do not harm communities and the surrounding environment. Among other things, they’ve questioned