The fight to hold BP fully accountable is far from over.Big news today: BP has agreed to plead guilty to a number of criminal charges from their disaster in the Gulf and pay an unprecedented $4.5 billion dollars in criminal fines and other payments. The largest oil disaster in our nation’s history warrants record-high criminal […]
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The holidays are coming up, and if you’re anything like me, you are just now realizing how many people are on your shopping list. To get off to a good start, here are some great gifts that will impress your friends and family while benefiting Gulf Restoration Network.For family and friends who likes jewelry, go
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Congratulations to Julie Hargrove of Allen, TX!Julie won the Grand Prize Rediscover New Orleans Package, which includes;Two nights at the Intercontinental New Orleans with brunch for two$500 gift card for the airline of her choice$250 gift certificate at Lilette for dinner$200 gift certificate for dinner at Gautreau’sThanks to everyone who participated in the raffle this
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Several news and scientific articles have been published about the Dead Zone in the past few weeks, and they all highlight the importance of reducing nitrogen and phosphorus pollution. Let’s start with a recent two day spread in the Des Moines Star Register. Here is part one, and here is part 2. There are some
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This week, Gulf Restoration Network will be at several events throughout Mississippi talking to folks about the importance of protecting Mississippi’s waters from oil and gas drilling. Right now, the Governor and Mississippi Development Authority are moving ahead with plans to allow natural gas rigs in areas where they would be visible from most coastal
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BP may be profitable again, but they’ve still got work to do – and money to spend – in the Gulf. Photo of Elmer’s Island, LA on September 26, 2012. BP released its third quarter earnings yesterday, announcing that they netted $5.5 billion in profit! Wow. They also increased the dividend to their shareholders, while
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Helen Rose shows off our new Defend the Gulf tee shirts at Voodoo. Now available at the Defend New Orleans store and website. I just wrapped up one of GRN’s longest and most productive weekends of the year: the Voodoo Experience music & art festival in NOLA’s City Park. We were honored to be the
Gulf sturgeon caught on Pearl River near Jackson before construction of the Ross Barnett Dam. Photo courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Library.Gulf Restoration Network and allies like the Steps Coalition have been raising questions for years about the proposed Port of Gulfport. How will it and associated projects impact nearby communities? The
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GRN photo of spotty sheen at the Macondo well area reported to the Coast Guard in August of 2011. In September of this year, BP reported oil sheen in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in 2010 causing the largest oil disaster in U.S. history. This comes as no surprise to the
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Right now, Governor Bryant’s Go Coast 2020 commission is putting together a plan for how Mississippi will divvy up its share of the billions of dollars in BP fines coming to the Gulf Coast under the RESTORE Act. A bipartisan majority of Congress passed the RESTORE Act so that we could restore the unique and
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