Why a Healthy Gulf Matters
Our new Guest series highlights the love for and importance of the Gulf.
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Offshore Drilling
Offshore Drilling: The Anticipation of Unavoidable Heartbreak
A narrative on the impacts of offshore drilling in the Gulf coast.
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Tug of War over Drilling in the Eastern Gulf
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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Advocating for Our Gulf: Fighting Against Dirty Energy in D.C.
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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Justin Solet Testifies Before House Subcommittee
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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My BP Disaster Story
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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NEW REPORT: Oil & Gas Pipeline Integrity in Texas and Louisiana, 2010-2020
A new whitepaper was issued by Healthy Gulf’s Community Science Director, Scott Eustis.
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The Climate Changers
According to the Louisiana Governor’s Climate Initiatives Task Force, 66% of the carbon pollution is from industrial commodities–not the facilities that power our homes and lives. Most of these facilities in Louisiana are in African-American towns and other socially overburdened communities.
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Taylor Energy: We’ve got the Receipts, now Kill the Wells
For over 16 years, Taylor Energy has leaked crude oil into Mississippi Canyon Block 20, threatening sargassum, dolphins, and sea turtles with a surface sheen which had extended tens of miles daily. Before Skytruth and other organizations like HealthyGulf, Southwings, LEAN, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Waterkeepers in the Gulf Monitoring Consortium stepped up their review
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More than 50 Gulf Groups Applaud Biden Administration’s Oil and Gas Leasing Pause, Urge Just Transition for Gulf Communities as Next Step
This week, a group of more than 50 organizations based on the Gulf Coast sent a letter to the Biden administration applauding the executive action to pause all new oil and gas leasing while urging the administration to cancel all scheduled offshore lease sales and establish a plan that protects Gulf communities’ economies and environment.