The first phase of the “Environmental Trial of the Century” ended this week after BP lawyers finished presenting its defense. The end of the first phase came nearly three years to the day that the Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing eleven men and spilling over 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. […]
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Algae floating in the water column. In the Gulf, algae dies and is consumed by bacteria, causing the Gulf Dead Zone. Photo courtesy of NASAAs we all know at this point that we as a nation are flooding our waterways with nitrogen and phosphorous pollution, which causes drinking water problems, harmful algae blooms, disruption to
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The Mississippi River runs through the heart of our nation, bringing land-building sediment with it along the way. In fact, that sediment created the very land we stand on today. Unfortunately,in managing the River for flood control and dependable navigation, we have restricted the River’s course and, in doing so, allowed our coastal wetlands to
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Today, GRN and partner organizations held press events in New Orleans, LA and Biloxi, MS to release Gulf Future Guidance for Sustainable Restoration. This document was drafted by fifty-nine organizations, including GRN, from across the Gulf at the 2013 Gulf Gathering in March. Through two days of discussion we outlined our vision and priorities for
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Upland pine hillside seep with pitcher plants. The proposed lake would cover similar areas.The Mississippi Water Resources Conference was held in Jackson in early April. This annual conference is sponsored by Mississippi State University’s Water Resources Research Institute and features technical presentations on municipal, agricultural and industrial water use. The conference covers all sorts of
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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