Storms and Stillness I am sitting on the shoreline looking out across the wide-open waters of Lake Pontchartrain, eyes locked on thunderstorm clouds traveling the horizon along the North Shore. It’s a relief—New Orleans was spared the worst of a tropical storm that had thrown the city into preparation mode. Just days before, I saw […]
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It’s been a long time coming—more than 25 years of advocacy for me personally, and even longer for many others. Now, the fight to protect Florida from offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf has reached a historic milestone. Before leaving office, President Joe Biden banned offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf and along the entire
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As a new community organizer with Healthy Gulf, I recently had the privilege of traveling to Washington, D.C., to speak out against the harmful Energy Permitting Reform Act
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In the Gulf of Mexico, I searched for one of the planet’s most endangered animals – the Rice’s whale, a key part of a healthy Gulf.
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As storms have forced many to desert the Cameron Parish coast, industry has used the opportunity to take over their land and exploit the remaining residents in the process.
The 2022 Annual Report is now available and is fully digital! The Annual Report covers just about everything Healthy Gulf did during this exciting year.
2022 Annual Report Now Available! Read More »
Last week, Healthy Gulf Organizing Fellow, Justin Solet, testified before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources as a representative of his people of the United Houma Nation and his fellow Louisianians.
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For the last several summers, Florida’s south west coast has been marred by thousands of dead fish, a stinking mess of decaying marine life, killed by red tide.
Fish Farms in The Gulf, a Recipe for Harm in our Coastal Communities Read More »
Grants up to $20,000 to aid organizations fighting against petrochem buildout in TX and LA.
Resisting Dirty Energy Campaign 2023 Grant Applications Now Open Read More »
Justin Solet is a tribal member of the United Houma Nation, organizing fellow with Healthy Gulf, commercial fisherman, and 10 year veteran of the Gulf oil fields.
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