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The Mississippi River: The Big Muddy from a Canoe

Writer/Adventurer Andy Borbely will share his experience paddling every mile of the Mississippi RiverBridge LoungeThursday June 20, 2013 6:30 PM$5 donation suggested, free for GRN membersThe Mississippi River is central to the social and geologic history of this city we love. Its polluted, muddy waters are also the source of some of the Gulf’s greatest […]

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Turning a Blind Eye

On April 20, 2011, the British Petroleum (BP) drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. For the next 87 days, BP’s Macondo well spewed 172 million barrels of toxic hydrocarbons into the waters of the Gulf, devastating a vast ecosystem and endangering an entire way of life for residents of the Gulf

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Gulf Restoration Draft Plan is Missing a Lot of Detail

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released on Thursday a draft initial comprehensive plan for spending Clean Water Act fines on projects that will restore Gulf’s ecosystem and economy. The draft plan, required by the RESTORE Act, is open for public comment through June. This much anticipated plan landed like a thud, though, because in

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