We need to put the Mississippi River back to work building land in Louisiana, but a river full of coal runoff cannot build healthy wetlands. Help us make this message clear to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) by attending a public hearing next week, Wednesday August 14th.The Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable […]
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Investors and Communities can agree: “Communities don’t want coal export terminals. They don’t want railroads trucking through town.”And they don’t want large piles of coal to blow all over them.Kinder-Morgan’s coal and pet coke pile, down in Myrtle Grove, regularly coats boats in a black film, and increases the amount of house cleaning for residents,
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With natural gas prices so low, and cost of coal pollution so high, it seems that burning coal in the U.S. doesn’t make economic sense. In the Gulf region, coal proposals have been pushed through on the public dime.We’ve been watching the progress of our colleagues in the Northwest. Unfortunately, we’ve been able to offer
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A few fridays ago, I and Devin Martin of Sierra Club Delta Chapter walked the river to find coal and pet coke washing into the batture.On previous trips we had seen both mineral coal and slimy coal tar downstream of United Bulk, and watched as a river otter fed on blue crab in the anchorage
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As you may have seen from our last Gulf Tides video, some of the money from BP fines will pay to build land using the Mississippi River. Restoring the river to the delta is the “lynchpin” of Louisiana’s Coastal Restoration program, as embodied in the Coastal Master Plan.The patient, the louisiana coast, is critical. The
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The Good Earth is in a bad way.NOAA has released a series of images that allow viewers to compare the land around Port Fourchon and Golden Meadow, in 1932 and 2011.What continues to pass without mention is the role of the oil and gas industry in destroying this land. Golden Meadow is now a shallow
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Eric de Placeand David Kershnerof Sightline.org have recently written a summary of how coal exports can scum up our wetlands.Just because spilled coal is not as bad as oil, doesn’t mean it’s not pollution–especially considered that Louisiana Coal terminals mix their coal with petroleum coke from the refineries upriver.The black grit blocks out the sun’s
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Yvon Chouinard: Corporate Responsibility, Patagonia StyleYvon Chouinard speaks to the long trials of the Patagonia company to do right and not destroy the earth while running a large and successful clothing business.audio:MP3 at 31.0 mebibytesRecorded at the Tulane Environmental Law Summit 201322nd feb ,5:30 PMKeynote Address Presented by Yvon Chouinard: Corporate Responsibility, Patagonia StyleMr. Chouinard
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A Picture is worth at least 50 words. A View from Above gives more space to photos we at GRN take while monitoring wetlands, pollution, and the Gulf of Mexico.photo overflight thanks toOn Wings of CareA delta splay was created in the wake of the Flood of 2011, via a diversion project on the Mississippi
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A Picture is worth at least 50 words. A View from Above gives more space to photos we at GRN take while monitoring wetlands, pollution, and the Gulf of Mexico.Although we often forget, New Orleans is a Coastal City. click below to view a large photo of the City and its primary Bayou, Bayou St
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