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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 […]

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

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

For the past fifteen years, GRN has been working hard to raise awareness and stimulate action to address the Dead Zone. Something that we have consistently said is that Louisiana needs to be doing a better job of raising heck about upriver states polluting our Gulf. Regretfully, Louisiana is taking the opposite approach by removing

Despite continuing to deal with the worst off-shore oil drilling disaster in U.S. history, BP made nearly $24 billion dollars in profit last year. Meanwhile, the rumors of a settlement between BP and the federal government continue to swirl, with BP CEO Bob Dudley quoted as demanding a “fair and reasonable price.”That might not rank

My name is Jennifer Myles, and I have been interning with GRN since December, 2011. As a recent transplant to New Orleans from California it has been a wonderful opportunity for me to get involved and get to know the region. On a recent trip with some friends to Grand Isle, Louisiana in mid-January I

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.Okatibbee Reservoir and portions of the future mine site. In recent months, Mississippi Power has applied for three different environmental permits for its dirty, expensive and unnecessary Kemper coal plant

Nearly two years ago the people and places of the Gulf of Mexico suffered the greatest oil disaster in American history. Understanding that there would be an equally historic price for BP to pay, GRN has been working hard to bring BP’s Clean Water Act fines back to the Gulf. Now it seems like BP

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. Disturbed beach in Pass Christian as construction begins. How does one keep a straight face while creating new environmental impacts with money meant to restore or mitigate for old

My mom has been convinced for years that my organizing and activism is really just a stepping stone to a career in Hollywood. I love my Mom, but I have no idea why she thinks this. I have no interest in acting. I haven’t been in a theatrical performance since a role in the HMS