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Taylor Energy: We’ve got the Receipts, now Kill the Wells

/ By / Hold Industry Accountable, Offshore Drilling

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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Great.com interviews Healthy Gulf about working with local communities to protect the Gulf of Mexico

/ By / Advance Climate Justice, Conserve Gulf Resources, Hold Industry Accountable, Protect Clean Water, Rice's Whale

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

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Solar panels being installed on a home in Pensacola, Florida.

The battle over energy: An update from the FL Legislature

/ By / Hold Industry Accountable

There’s a fierce battle taking place in Florida, and the battlefield is the 2021 session of the Florida Legislature. On one side are the citizens of Florida, a majority of whom want action on climate change and access to more solar energy for the Sunshine State. On the other side are fossil fuel companies and

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Update on Formosa Plastics

/ By / Hold Industry Accountable, Stop Formosa Plastics

In 2021 our Stop Formosa coalition is turning close attention to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , putting the heat on them to deny or revoke permits for the Formosa Plastics petrochemical complex intended for construction in St James Parish, Louisiana. If built, Formosa Plastics’ plant would pollute a predominantly Black community, disturb the

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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

/ By / Eastern Gulf Moratorium, Hold Industry Accountable, Offshore Drilling

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.

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Communities are coming together for solar energy. Photo credit: Vote Solar

Offshore drilling, renewable energy and election 2020

/ By / Eastern Gulf Moratorium, Hold Industry Accountable

Elections create change, and change creates opportunities. And so it is with Election 2020, as the prospects of action on climate change and an end to the dirty and dangerous business of offshore drilling seem much closer. After many years in which Healthy Gulf and a broad coalition have fought against the continued expansion of

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Fight over restoration dollars in MS

Fight over restoration dollars in MS

/ By / Bonnet Carré Spillway, Conserve Gulf Resources, Hold Industry Accountable

Mississippi’s Gulf coast faces major environmental challenges – the devastation of the oyster industry from numerous disasters, most recently the opening of the Bonnet Carre spillway; bacteria and water pollution hurting coastal tourism and fisheries; and the long-term loss of coastal habitat that helps sustain the Sound’s ecosystem.

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