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2011 view of Temple-Inland’s waste ponds. Notice proximity to Pearl River (bottom right). Flight courtesy SouthWings.comIn the summer of 2011, the Temple-Inland Paper Mill in Bogalusa, LA illegally discharged toxic “black liquor” into the Pearl River. Due to the paper mill’s illegal activity, over half a million fish were killed, including Federally Protected Gulf sturgeon. […]

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to debate the Farm Bill. The outcome of this debate is incredibly important to the nation’s waters, soil, health, and nutrition. Please tell your Representative to make sure that farmers who receive crop subsidies implement basic conservation practices to ensure that pollution and topsoil don’t flow

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

Can’t see the video? Click here.CNN called a few weeks ago, after the third round of NRDA early restoration projects were announced, interested in our take on the proposals. We were happy to share our outrage. GRN has a long, proud legacy of defending the critical habitat of the endangered Alabama beach mouse from projects

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

It’s that time of year again! Earlier this month, GRN launched our fifth summer outreach office. Over the course of the summer, dozens of dedicated activists will be working to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf of Mexico by having tens of thousands of conversations with Gulf residents about restoring the Gulf.

From monitoring the ongoing impacts of the BP disaster, to watchdogging BP fines monies as they begin to flow to the Gulf, the ongoing support of our members and activists is essential to everything Gulf Restoration Network does. That’s why we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to thank you by inviting you out to a

Last month we marked the 3 year memorial of the BP oil drilling disaster. Three year later, there are still big questions about how the use of toxic dispersants impacted the Gulf, and the EPA has failed to live up to their responsibility to comprehensively test dispersants.Tell the EPA that they need to test these

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

Fill placed along Alligator Branch for railway track bed. It is hard to watch a state agency bureaucracy hurt its own citizens in real time. At the May, 2013 meeting of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Permit Board, a group of homeowners from Picayune, in Pearl River County came to Jackson with their