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Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee hosted the CEOs of the 5 largest oil companies to answer a few questions about the need for continued subsidies and tax breaks in the face of $100+ per barrel oil prices and subsequent high gas prices.By all accounts it was quite a show, with Conoco’s CEO refusing to apologize […]

The Mississippi River continues to rise in Louisiana, as do people’s concerns. As of today (1:00 pm), the Mississippi River has reached 17.08 ft. at the New Orleans gauge, and reports of small seeps in the levees, including along the French Quarter, have been reported.River Gauge at New Orleans this morningThe question weighing on everyone’s

On several occasions I’ve witnessed the awesome power of the Mississippi River; the most striking was the flood of 1993. At the time, I helped fill sand bags in an ultimately futile effort to save Valmeyer, IL, a small farming community down the bluff where I went to school.Now I am in New Orleans and

As the old curse goes, we are living in interesting times. While we in the Gulf deal daily with the continuing impacts of the BP oil drilling disaster, there have been devastating tornadoes in Alabama; and now the flooding of the Ohio River Valley–followed by flooding of the Lower Mississippi. The Army Corps has opened

Photos by Ray NicholsLast Tuesday night was a bit windy in Gulfport, Mississippi, but it didn’t stop GRN and supporters from enjoying an evening cruise on the Capt. Pete. Attendees feasted on food donated from an array of local restaurants and entered the raffle to win items ranging from a stained glass pelican to live

One year has passed since the oil disaster began, and we still know relatively little about what the future holds. For the rest of the country, the oil spill is over. Here in Louisiana, we will be dealing with this spill for decades, and it has already begun to change our way of life. What

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. We’re in for a tough road for the next few years in Florida if Governor Scott and the Florida Legislature don’t realize that our environment is our economy. Governor

Tomorrow evening, GRN Executive Director, Cynthia Sarthou, will be speaking at the President’s Forum at Loyola University entitled “Oil and Water: Spotlight on the Gulf”. The talk will be on April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Monroe Hall’s Nunemaker Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The forum will provide first-hand accounts

On April 20, around the Gulf and the nation, people gathered, rallied, discussed, mourned, and called for action to commemorate the one-year mark of BP’s oil drilling disaster that continues to plague the people and places of the Gulf of Mexico.In New Orleans, the day began with a sunrise candlelight vigil hosted by the Sierra