Since last month’s deep leak and weak response in Green Canyon, we’ve been wondering what other shoes are yet to drop. In 2004, Shell Offshore Inc. touted the “cost-effective” pipeline placement method in Glider field as the new “standard”. What other places may have been compromised in the rush to “cost-effectiveness”? The Gulf has over […]
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At GRN, We review thousands of wetland permit requests every year. We can only comment on the worst — the largest harm to restoration, and unjust impacts to communities. You, our members, know more about the land around you.Public agencies must uphold the public trust. They should know about a wetland before it’s filled or
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How does the Gulf sound? “The noise levels we’ve seen in the Gulf of Mexico are out of control, they are the highest we’ve seen anywhere in the world” -Kait FraserWe caught up with Kait Fraser at the GOMRI 2016 conference in Tampa, Fl, and you can listen here. Kait presented her findings on the
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“Put our oil workers back to work, cleaning up the mess that by law these oil companies need to clean up” WTUL interviewed Cherri Foytlin of Idle No More Gulf Coast and Bridge the Gulf at the New Lease on Life rally and demonstration. Foytlin and about 300 allies disrupted the announcements of lease sales
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Almost every time we fly over Breton Sound, we find new leaks that no one knows about. Last year, we flew over Cox Bay en route to Mardi Gras Pass, and saw the telling rainbow sheen flowing from a typical rusted, unprotected facility and into the marshes on both sides of the canal. It was
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It’s been more than 11 years since Taylor Energy’s series of wells at MC20 started leaking, and a few years since the company ended its attempts at drilling relief wells. Clean Water advocates have been able to force Taylor Energy to present some information on their leak. Just recently, Taylor held a secluded meeting on
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“We’re really not in a position to discuss investment advice,” Mr. Pecue, sole employee of Taylor Energy. During a coastal chat on 91.5fm, James Hartwell and Scott Eustis renewable energy and the Taylor Energy leak and the company’s reluctance to disclose any information about environmental impact.James Hartwell reveals the secret of the eternal leak in
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As the Department of Justice moves closer to finalizing the settlement with BP, there is much that leaves us unsettled. Our trip to Grand Isle State Park this past 14 November, offered more than a stroll in the sand. Many of the usual tar balls were scattered on the beach just yards away from the
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Since the recent BP announcement, coastal parishes in Louisiana have begun to settle their claims and plan to restore their shorelines. Although the scale of restoration needed in Louisiana’s wetlands is very large, Parishes can and do make all the difference, especially when it comes to providing access and education to some of the the
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Bogue Chitto GRNIt’s summertime in Louisiana, which means nothing butswimming and fishing can take the heat away. Families across the state flee to the protected rivers of theFlorida parishes for some respite. Most are unaware that things are about to get hotter.Of all the companies in the southern part of theTuscaloosa Marine Shale, the one
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