Healthy Gulf

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

Views like this series of natural gas platforms off the coast of Dauphin Island could soon mar Mississippi’s horizon. Photo courtesy of Dr. Olivia Graves. Next June 28th in Gulfport, MS, Gulf Restoration Network and our partners at the 12 Miles South Coalition will be hosting Oil and Gas in Mississippi’s Waters, an evening of

Loggerhead Turtle. Photo courtesy of Ukanda. Last month, a group of volunteers, citizens and scientists made a surprising, and exciting discovery along the beach in Jackson County, Mississippi – a loggerhead sea turtle nest.Loggerhead turtles, a threatened species in the Gulf, grow to over 250 pounds in weight and up to three feet long. Although

This past Saturday the sun was shining, the hunters were scavenging, and the beer was flowing at the final stop of NOLA Brewing’s 4th annual Easter Keg Hunt. The search began at the Howlin’ Wolf, and led over 300 contestants all around the Warehouse District of New Orleans. From the Confederate Museum to the lighthouse

The Mississippi Supreme Court recently ruled against the dirty, expensive, and unnecessary Kemper coal mine and plant. Now the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) is blatantly defying that ruling. Call on the PSC members to deny the permit for Kemper Coal:http://grn.convio.net/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=367Last I drove up to Jackson for a PSC hearing where two of the three

This article is excerpted from Wave Maker’s News, our quarterly update on all things water in the Gulf of Mexico, check out the full newsletter here. Views like this one, taken from Alabama’s Dauphin Island, could soon mar the horizon of Mississippi’s wilderness barrier islands. Photo by Harold Wright.During the heart of last year’s holiday

For several years, I’ve been working with our allies in Mississippi, including the Sierra Club, to stop construction of Mississippi Power’s dirty, expensive and unnecessary coal plant and strip mine in Kemper County, Mississippi. This power plant and strip mine would destroy hundreds of acres of wetlands, pollute nearby waters, and disturb thousands of feet

To protect the wetlands of the Gulf, GRN uses every tool in our tool box. (c) Julie Dermansky for GRN.You may have noticed recent mention in your local newspaper, GRN’s Gulf Waves, Gulf Tides or GRN blogs of GRN suits against state and federal agencies, municipal sewage treatment plants or industries. Our willingness to sue