Jonathan Henderson

Yesterday, November 11, GRN set out on another excursion to assess impacts and clean-up efforts along Louisiana’s coast. We are able to continue with this important work thanks to the generous support of contributors like Threadless, Inc. Threadless CEO Tom Ryan, Art Director Ross Zietz, and Multimedia Specialist Craig Shimala came down from Chicago to […]

Last week, I reported on a new leak east of the Mississippi River in an area known as Quarantine Bay. I mentioned that I contacted the State Police HazMat Unit as well as the National Response Team which works with the United States Coast Guard to investigate hazardous incidents. Well, I had to call them

It has been 6 months since the beginning of the worst environmental disaster in the history of the United States. Sure, the Macondo well has been capped and there aren’t millions of gallons of oil free flowing into the open Gulf waters anymore. However, two excursions that I took this week to assess the impact

This morning, I set out on another flyover to the Louisiana coast to assess and document impacts from BP’s disaster. While I was en route to the Mississippi rivers passes, I spotted a leak coming from a facility between California Bay and Quarantine Bay. The coordinates are N29.26 x W89.30. I have since reported this

On a recent flyover (October 3rd) along the Louisiana coast, GRN documented rather large stretches of beach blanketed by thick, heavy oil. The good news is that we were able to see some clean-up activity taking place on beaches in East Bay between South and Southwest passes. The bad news is that I’ve seen more

The National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine is meeting today and tomorrow to conduct a review of the “Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.” Sounds good, right? The coming together of some of the brightest doctors and researchers to discuss the health implications from human exposure

Last I returned to Cypress Cove Marina in Venice, Louisiana and boarded a 22 ft. fishing boat, headed south to Pass A l’Outre then on to Southwest Pass. The purpose of this excursion was to check on the condition of the marsh grass, catch a few redfish to have analyzed for hydrocarbons, assess the clean-up

In Timbalier Bay, the clean- up workers may have left, but plenty of oil remains. The pictures below from yesterday’s excursion clearly show that not only did they leave, but they left their filthy mess behind them. On Timbalier Island I came across lots of extremely oiled and weathered boom, those pom-pon oil collectors, and

According to authorities, and reports on WWL, the busted well head in Jefferson Parish has been capped. Also according to authorities, only a “small amount” of oil had been leaking from the abandoned oil well on Bayou St. Denis and into nearby Mud Lake. Small amount compared to what, the BP drilling disaster? Tell that

This morning I took another flyover the Gulf. While it’s true that the volume of visible oil on the surface has decreased substantially, claims that there is no visible, skimmable oil on the surface are just plain bogus. From the very beginning of the BP drilling disaster, GRN has been watch dogging the containment and