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In Louisiana state waters, oil and gas leaks are a constant threat. This photo was taken in Breton Sound in August 2011. Late in December, the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) published rules on seismic exploration and leasing for oil and gas in Mississippi waters south of the Barrier Islands. The rules would allow drilling in […]

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.GRN’s Executive Director Cynthia Sarthou speaking at the release of “Sunshine on the Gulf” with, from left to right, Nathalie Walker (Advocates for Environmental Human Rights), Jill Mastrototaro (Sierra Club),

On behalf of the Gulf Restoration Board of Directors and Staff, we wish you and your family a happy New Year! 2011 was a somewhat successful year for the Gulf because of supporters like you. As was plain from the blog posted by Dan Favre, GRN’s Communication Director, after our staff retreat, in the 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.Treatment pond at the Temple-Inland factory. GRN photo, flight provided by Southwings.In August 2011, the Temple-Inland paper company in Bogalusa, LA dumped a massive amount of pollution into the Pearl

In the heart of the holiday season, I just want to take a minute to say happy holidays and thanks for an incredible year.The GRN staff started off the week with our annual two-day staff retreat, this year out at Tickfaw State Park in Louisiana. Many times over those couple days, I was happily reminded

Recent headlines and GRN’s work has underscored that the oil industry continues to abuse the Gulf, and our nation’s energy sacrifice zone shows the true cost of our collective oil addiction.First, the back story: Recent research shows clearly that the act of removing oil and gas deposits from beneath Louisiana’s marsh fueled catastrophic subsidence, playing

Some of GRN’s best supporters recently received an interactive postcard that gives first-hand experience of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, and shows people how they can use their hands to help. Folks at M&C Saatchi, a design firm in Switzerland, created the “We Need More Hands” postcard to raise awareness and

We’ll show you ours if you show us yours:Restoration Project Priorities for NRDA and the Gulf’s FutureA year and a half into the BP disaster, restoration comes too slow. The Coast Guard has declared the Coast “clean,” Congress has not yet directed BP’s fines to the Gulf, and we rely on the laws written for

An Oiled Sliver of Marsh, a Vanishing Rookery IslandWith David Peck, GRN went out on a winter recon of Louisiana’s wetlands in exterior Barataria Bay. Louisiana’s Delta is unique on Earth for having a landform created by such a powerful river, the Mississippi, emptying into a gentle sea. (although the biblical Nile, pushing into the

A View of Okatibbee Reservoir looking northeast towards a portion of the potential mine’s footprint. Flight courtesy of Southwings. On Tuesday December 13th, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Permit Board will meet in Jackson to decide whether Mississippi Power Co. (MPCO) and North American Coal Corp (NACC) will receive the necessary permits to