Louisiana’s “Moderate” relative sea-level rise scenario depends on drastic and swift cuts to the carbon pollution fueling global warming.We in Louisiana have hung our hopes on the State’s Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast, which has integrated protective levees and prudent elevation of our homes with coastal wetland restoration in order to sustain our coastal …
A Different View on a Forest in RecoverySunday I met with Katie Brasted of Woodlands Conservancy and showed Shannon Dosemagen from Public Laboratory.org recent efforts to restore Louisiana’s Coastal Forests on the westbank of the Mississippi. The Bottomland Hardwoods of Woodlands Conservancy are some of the southernmost coastal wetland forests along the mainstem of the …
On I led a documentary crew on a boat tour down to heavily impacted areas in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. We embarked on our journey from Delta Marine in Empire, Louisiana and made our way west passing through Bay Atlas, No Man’s Land, Lake Washington, Lake Grand Ecaille then northwest into Bay Jimmy. After stepping off …
NOAA may be scrubbing the record of the BP disaster and suppressing documentation of the impact on turtles and whales. This possibility was revealed by Greenpeace this week, thanks to photos released by NOAA due to a FOIA submitted as part of GP’s Polluter Watch project, which also release hundreds of aerial impact shots last …
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.Rainbow River spring head during a low flow event. Photo courtesy of SWFWMD.Florida may be surrounded by water, but providing clean, fresh drinking water for a growing population and competing …
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What will happen once we FINALLY start seeing funding for ecosystem restoration in the Gulf region? Since the oil disaster began, the environmental community has been rightfully focused on funding to address oil impacts as well as broader ecosystem restoration. And we’ve spent time and brainpower thinking about what types of projects will best address …
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Once you’ve watched the video, head here to send your support to Washington DC and demand that Congress act now to protect and restore the Gulf of Mexico.https://secure3.convio.net/grn/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&;page=UserAction&id=381Aaron Viles is GRN’s Deputy Director. You can follow him on twitter here.
As the second weekend of NOLA’s beloved Jazz Fest kicks off, GRN has a challenge for you. Watch our video commemorating the 2nd memorial of the BP drilling disaster, shot at and around the 2011 Voodoo Experience, and tell us how many of the artists featured in the video are playing the 2012 Jazz Fest.While …
Louisiana and Texas Lawmakers quickly piled on the EPA last week, when Senator James Inhofe sought to take down the agency. Specifically, they were going after Dr. Al Armendariz, the former Regional Administrator of region 6 of the EPA, after a video surfaced of Dr. Armendariz discussing his enforcement strategy. Using a regrettable analogy, Dr. …
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.Citizens at the state capital take a stand for healthy water. Photo courtesy of Cathy Harrelson.As the Florida 2012 legislative session wrapped up in March, one thing was very clear: …
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