Healthy Gulf

On I joined over fifty concerned citizens who had gathered in the Harrison County Courthouse to protest the proposal to build a dirty, unnecessary, and expensive coal plant and lignite mine in Kemper County, Mississippi, and listen in on oral arguments for the Sierra Club’s legal challenge in front of the Chancery Court. You can […]

We urgently need your help to stop Congress from slashing environmental protection programs. This week, the House of Representatives will be voting on a bill that would drastically cut funding for clean water and clean air programs, national parks and clean energy programs. This budget bill–known as the “continuing resolution”will jeopardize wetlands, wildlife, and the

Late last year, I had the pleasure of visiting Kemper County, Mississippi, the proposed site of Mississippi Power’s dirty, expensive, and unnecessary coal-fired power plant and mine. There, I explored beautiful Okatibbee Lake and Wildlife Management Area, which is located directly south of the massive coal mine, and wandered around some of the rustic pine

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. The black areas are lignite reserves in Mississippi.We have been working with our conservation partners to fight a dirty, expensive, and unnecessary lignite coal mine and coal-fired power plant

On I spent the day at the Mississippi State Capital in Jackson attending a hearing focused on environmental justice and how communities across the state continue to be impacted by the legacy of environmental contamination, and on-going environmental destruction. The hearing, which was called by Rep. Gregory Holloway, Sr., was attended by number of state

The Gulf States congressional delegations fight over allocation is jeopardizing money for recovery.I am increasingly frustrated with the continuing bickering that is going on between Gulf Congresspersons and Senators over how to divide the Clean Water Act (CWA) fines that will be paid by BP and others as a result of oil disaster. If they

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. A fishing camp in the Honey Island Swamp, which relies on sediments and water from the Pearl.Photo courtesy of Angela McBrideThe Pearl River, which begins in central Mississippi northeast

Photo from WCBI’s Coverage of GroundbreakingLast month, Mississippi Power’s groundbreaking ceremony for the proposed dirty Kemper coal plant included the addition of an airplane banner, reading “Dirty Expensive Unnecessary,” sponsored by Gulf Restoration Network and our partners at the Sierra Club. We wanted to send the message that, despite the groundbreaking ceremony, Mississippi Power still

It’s been a busy fall for GRN’s Healthy Waters team as we continue our efforts to protect the rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal waters of the Gulf region. In this edition of Wave Maker’s News, GRN’s quarterly Healthy Waters update, you can read about restoration efforts in the wake of the BP drilling disaster, a

One Lake Proposal, image courtesy of USACE.In 1979, Jackson, Mississippi experienced one the worst floods in the history of the state – costing half a billion dollars in damages and engulfing much of the state’s capital city. Almost since the floodwaters receded, people have been bickering about the best way to prevent a reoccurrence of