Happy Earth Month! April is a big month for us at GRN, in part because of our partnership with Aveda. For all of Earth Month, Aveda salons and institutes spread word of GRN’s work and raise funds to support our Healthy Water and BP Drilling Disaster campaigns.Thanks to Aveda’s support over the last 8 years, …
The Good Earth is in a bad way.NOAA has released a series of images that allow viewers to compare the land around Port Fourchon and Golden Meadow, in 1932 and 2011.What continues to pass without mention is the role of the oil and gas industry in destroying this land. Golden Meadow is now a shallow …
Pollution flowing from a coal barge in the Mississippi River on 8/25/12. Photo by GRN. Flight provided by SouthWings.orgLately we have been blogging about the impacts of coal terminals and exports in and along the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast. (See past blogs: How Coal Exports Scum up our Wetlands , Coal Terminals Expanding in …
Houston’s nickname is the Bayou City and with the completion of a parks and trails project that unites all of its major bayous with green space, the nickname will fit even better. That’s right Houston–the town usually known for its freeways and traffic has approved a major bond initiative aimed at completing a 100 year …
Bayou Greenways 2020 Preserves the Bayou City’s Best Ecological Asset Read More »
This past GRN, NOLA Brewing and 425 of our friends took the Riverbend neighborhood by storm to track down the Easter Kegs. The hunt began at Cooter Browns and hit Mahalia Jackson’s childhood church, Brunos Tavern, and then led the teams to Plum Street Snoballs. After that, they followed the clues to the old Carrollton …
2013 Gulf Gathering AttendeesLast week, conservation, faith-based, civil rights and community organizations from across the Gulf Coast came together for the 4th Annual Gulf Gathering. This meeting provided a critical opportunity for GRN and other groups working with the Gulf Future Coalition to sit down and discuss our vision for how we would like to …
Groups Gather in Weeks Bay, Alabama to Create a Vision For a Restored Gulf Read More »
The Mobile District of the Corps of Engineers has required Ward Properties to complete a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for their proposed 383 acre wetland fill in North Gulfport. The Domain at Prime Center is a development project to build retail, commercial and warehouse space south of I-10 between Canal Road and U.S. Hwy …
Yvon Chouinard: Corporate Responsibility, Patagonia StyleYvon Chouinard speaks to the long trials of the Patagonia company to do right and not destroy the earth while running a large and successful clothing business.audio:MP3 at 31.0 mebibytesRecorded at the Tulane Environmental Law Summit 201322nd feb ,5:30 PMKeynote Address Presented by Yvon Chouinard: Corporate Responsibility, Patagonia StyleMr. Chouinard …
Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia on running a business that doesn’t kill us (audio) Read More »
Flooded street in Uptown New OrleansWhen rain water lands in New Orleans, it can pick up quite a bit of pollution from roads, parking lots, roofs, lawns, docks, and businesses. Once this water is good and polluted it is pumped out of the city into Lake Pontchartrain, the Mississippi River, and other waterbodies. It is …
Over the past few years,we have seen how important storm water management is to our city, our waters, and the wetlands that surround us. Currently, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) is requesting public comments on the Greater New Orleans storm water permit. Pollution and storm water runoff knows no bounds and can impact …