Green heron and many other species should be breathing a sigh of relief today. Photo Jeffrey Dubinsky, GRNDo you hear it? The huge whoooshing sound escaping from the Gulf coast? It’s a sigh of relief emanating from our nation’s most important coastal marsh complex. Yesterday, the RESTORE Act received 76 votes in the Senate. In …
Over the last few weeks, there has been renewed attention down here in the Gulf region thanks to the planned BP trial and eventual partial settlement. You may have seen GRN staff at a wide range of meetings and events such as our recent Gulf Gathering in Alabama and a protest on Poydras Street in …
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GRN’s Jonathan Henderson examines a tar mat along the Louisiana coast on Feb 24, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Erika Blumenfeld)The big news is that BP and the plaintiffs steering committee have agreed to a process to settle remaining private claims, and that the PSC will be bowing out of a trial. BP is spinning the …
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Regretfully, Louisiana is attempting to take a huge step backwards away from cleaning up the Gulf Dead Zone. The Dead Zone, an area in the Gulf of Mexico where oxygen levels get so low that sea life must swim away or suffocate, has long been an acknowledged hazard to the coastal waters of Louisiana. Despite …
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You may notice a little something different about healthygulf.org . . . or when you receive your Gulf Currents newsletter . . . or when you see us out tabling at a concert in your community. We’ve upgraded our logo and other graphics to help solidify our regional identity and make it easier to recognize …
This guest post comes from Erin Greeson, a Gulf defender and GRN supporter, who resides in Oregon.I live in the Pacific Northwest – known for forests, rivers, mountains and coastlines – but my consciousness is closely tied to the Gulf Region. Its people, places, and natural areas are a national treasure trove unlike any other; …
As I stated in a press release a few days ago, Louisiana has decided to take Louisiana’s Gulf waters off of their impaired waters list, despite the impacts the Dead Zone has on Louisiana’s waters, fishermen, and wildlife. You can check out a radio interview that I did on the subject here, as well as …
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But we really hope the Senate will send the Gulf some love this week.It looks like the RESTORE Act may be brought up as an amendment to the Transportation bill currently under consideration right now in the Senate. As you probably remember, the RESTORE Act seeks to direct 80% of BP’s Clean Water Act fines …
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Well, as we know down here, sometimes when it rains, it hurricanes!While NOLA is pretty-much transfixed by Mardi Gras, we’re also juggling a few different important opportunities to help protect & restore the coastal environments that created this amazing culture.If you love the Gulf, we need you to take part in these efforts this week …
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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.Picture taken off of Sanibel Island, FL. For more pictures of polluted Florida waters, visit http://goo.gl/N7kVI.In November 2011, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted unanimously to protect tiger …
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