It’s baaack! With the help of WTUL 91.5fm, GRN is getting the word out about the resurrection of theWashington Parish Dam.Listen as I talk to WTUL’s JanetHaysabout this waste of taxpayer money. Since 2001, this project has come back from the dead, again and again, to haunt Northshore residents. Each time, the purpose of the […]
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Last week, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries denied a permit for Comstock Resources, Inc, to withdraw fracking water from the Amite River. Scenic Rivers are Outstanding Natural Resource Waters of Louisiana, and cannot be degraded; their ecological values must be kept alive. These are our sacred rivers, whose wilderness values must remain unaltered, so
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Hurricane season may be over, but massive flooding is threatening Washington Parish. This time, there is no storm to blame it’s powerful interests who want to build a lake, drowning our forests, historical landmarks and rivers.Take action today and say no to this “fake lake.” For a decade, Louisiana residents have been resisting this lake,
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Louisiana’s scenic rivers are facing a new threat. Companies including Comstock Energy, LLC, have applied to extract water from the Amite River, threatening the river and those that depend on it by increasing pollution and lowering the flow.Tell the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) to defend our scenic rivers!Comstock wants to alter our
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Step One: Coal Export Terminals place materials in the river. The black smear in the brown water on the riverbank is a pile of coal and petroleum coke from United Bulk: The black in the middle of the brown river is a pile of spilled material that has accumulated, despite the fact that United Bulk
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October 2012Meselhe et al at the Water Institute and ARCADIS–in regards to necessary environmental analysis for theRAM terminal proposal:”debris and dust generated during the loading process would be captured in the outfall channel and transported into the marsh areas potentially causing environmental issues. The investigation of water quality was not part of the scope of
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I suppose it’s easy to forget the importance of the law. Here at GRN, we are dedicated to uniting and empowering people to protect our natural resources, usually by asking companies and governments to follow and to enforce the laws that ensure we have clean water and healthy wetlands. Wetlands are our shelter and the
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Louisiana needs to address the problem of abandoned oilfield sites. Individuals and organizations can submit formal comments to theDepartment of Natural Resources(DNR)to apply the law on abandonment of oilfield sites.Oilfield sites have scarred Louisiana for generations, becoming worse in spite of DNR efforts.Although Louisiana law and regulations require companies to “plug-and-abandon” non-producing sites, regulations have
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I went out with Public Laboratory’s Mat Lippincott to map a marsh restoration built by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. And it’s great to see these plants take off! Plants that are more protected have been growing more vigorously at this beachfront at the Lake. It normally takes plants
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In May Abita Springs assembled against fracking, raising the concerns we’ve had about fossil fuel development over the years. Impacts to the air, community health, and especially water pollution weigh heavily on people’s minds on the Northshore. Louisiana has seen much of its population of means flee coastal areas in the past decade– fleeing the
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