While most of our recent conversation about BP’s deepwater drilling disaster has been focused on the RESTORE Act, and successful efforts to legislatively direct the eventual Clean Water Act fines to Gulf ecosystem and economic restoration, new scientific studies are an important reminder that BP’s crude and corexit continue to have untold impacts on our …
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Public Service Announcement: when it comes to storm surge in south Louisiana, don’t Be in the Vee. And don’t let the Corps put you into one. Louisiana is still shaking from Isaac’s slow hit, and once again, coastal communities have been moved, coastal communities have lost everything, and coastal communities have been coated in industrial …
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The blue areas are those proposed for expansion. Graphic courtesy of the USACE.For years, community leaders and organizations in the Gulfport area have been fighting to make sure a proposed expansion of the Gulfport Port, and associated projects like a connector road do not harm communities and the surrounding environment. Among other things, they’ve questioned …
Let’s not catch coal. Although skeptics remain, and there is still much to learn, Louisiana scientists have made great strides in learning how to put the Mississippi River back into its role as a land-builder. And although the Flood of 2011 was a missed opportunity, there have been some lessons learned. Sand is Land. A …
This article is excerpted from Wave Maker’s News, our quarterly update on all things water in the Gulf of Mexico, check out the full newsletter here. Shale rock natural gas drilling rig in Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Ruhrfisch.In a May presentation, Jamie Crawford of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) revealed that oil and …
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It’s summer, and the second summer since BP changed the Gulf of Mexico forever. From the deep microbes to the highest mammals, nothing is the same. Something of our home is bouncing back but we know it will take time to reveal what we’ve lost.Among our worries is the population of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus, …
It can be easy to overlook the amount of natural beauty the Gulf contains. While BP’s damage lingers in many coastal areas of the Gulf, there are still gorgeous areas to promote. One recent effort in Alabama is to establish the Tensaw Parkway Scenic Byway, which will take road trip sightseeing to a whole new …
Send us your best shot of your pet enjoying the Gulf: in the bayou, on the beach or in the marsh!Gulf Restoration Network and Marsh Dog will share the 10 best photo submissions, and let our facebook followers pick the top 3!Top 3 submissions will recieve a free bag of Marsh Dog treats as well …
This past the 2012 Farm Bill was “marked up” by the House and passed out of Committee. The result is what our friends at the Environmental Working Group call “the worst piece of farm and food legislation in decades”: Many of the edits and amendments we hoped for did not make the cut. Nitrogen being …
The 2012 Farm Bill is approaching Judgment Day in the House: Today, a draft is being discussed and “marked up.” It has already gone through a number of revisions, but state governments and agricultural groups are clammering for last-minute revisions.Farming in the Prairie Pothole region-Courtesy of USDA-NRCSWhile the Senate had some excellent items included, we …