Fish Farms in The Gulf, a Recipe for Harm in our Coastal Communities
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.
Conserve Gulf Resources
Louisiana’s First National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
The effort towards creating a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) in Louisiana is being hosted by LSU Sea Grant, and by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). February saw the completion of nine town hall meetings by site selection committees across three regions of coastal Louisiana.
Hurricane Ida Damage Lookout: Volunteer Online!
Join Hurricane Ida Damage Lookout! Stand up for environmental justice in Gulf communities and fight back against oil and gas development. This is something you can do from the comfort of your own home. Whether you spend 5 minutes or an hour on this project you are helping identify the impacts of Hurricane Ida to industrial facilities throughout Louisiana.
LandLoss Lookout Updates!
Your observations make a difference! While we have been working, Federal agencies have started to press companies to assess the climate impacts of their projects, in Plaquemines, Terrebonne, and other places across the USA. Thanks for Looking out! Join Land Loss Lookout today!
An update on the 2021 Florida Legislature
If I had to describe the recently-completed session of the Florida Legislature, I would sum it up as preemption and more preemption, steps forward on climate adaptation and the Feds rescue Florida. Oh—and more kicking the can down the road on the issue of stopping climate change. Let’s take a look. Preemption legislation is that …
Great.com interviews Healthy Gulf about working with local communities to protect the Gulf of Mexico
Emil Ekvardt from Great.com interviewed Healthy Gulf as part of their ‘Great.com Talks With…’ podcast. This series is an antidote to negative news stories that aims to shed light on organizations and experts whose work is making a positive impact on the world. The Waters We Love Will Waste Away The Gulf of Mexico is …
Let It Flow, Let It Flow, Let It Flow: Nature-based solutions for Mississippi River flooding
Guest Blog by Rebecca Malpass, Healthy Gulf Intern
We Need a Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative
This blog was written by Rebecca Malpass, Healthy Gulf’s Policy Intern.
Healthy Gulf Joins Conservation Groups in Yazoo Pumps Suit againt EPA
Healthy Gulf joined American Rivers, National Audubon Society and Sierra Club in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, asking a federal judge to rule on whether EPA’s 2008 Clean Water Act veto of the Yazoo Backwater Pump project still applies to a 2020 Army Corps of Engineers re-do. The project’s pumping capacity and purpose remain the same as the earlier project which was vetoed during the George W. Bush Administration. The project’s impacts to wetlands and habitats remain significant in the 2020 re-do version, and the Conservation Groups maintain that the veto still prohibits the pumps. EPA has used a Clean Water Act veto on a development project 13 times since 1972. The agency has slightly modified some vetoes after-the-fact, but has never completely revoked one.
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Why the Gulf needs oyster sanctuary reefs
Oyster populations all around the US are at all time lows. This fact calls for serious measures to be put in place to help restore oyster populations before it is too late.