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Dr. Liz Kujawinski, chemist at the well respected Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, found a component of dispersant still hanging around in the Gulf, seven months after spraying stopped. During the disaster response, EPA and NOAA made claims that dispersants degrade very quickly. Dr. Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development EPA […]

Once again, a report on a specific aspect of the overall environmental damage caused by BP’s Oil Drilling Disaster is being presented as a comprehensive assessment of the health of the Gulf of Mexico, warping the reality of the damage and ongoing oil impacts here in the Gulf.On January 31, 2011, the Gulf Coast Claims

Today GRN’s Johanna Polsenberg delivered over 400 petitions to the White House calling on Obama to address the concerns of not just the people of the Gulf but people nationwide about the recovery of the Gulf of Mexico. Throughout the summer and fall, GRN volunteers for the Gulf Future Campaign headed out to festivals and

The BP oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico sent hundreds of millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf just as the spawning season for Western Atlantic bluefin tuna reached its peak. The Western Atlantic bluefin tuna is a critically endangered species due to decades of overexploitation. Just last month a bluefin

Bioaccumulate is just a big word that scientists use to mean “stores up”. Some chemicals flush out of our bodies very easily while others stick around for a long time. These chemicals with staying power are said to bio-accumulate. We are not alone; the same thing is true for fish and shellfish that we like

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. The black areas are lignite reserves in Mississippi.We have been working with our conservation partners to fight a dirty, expensive, and unnecessary lignite coal mine and coal-fired power plant

On I spent the day at the Mississippi State Capital in Jackson attending a hearing focused on environmental justice and how communities across the state continue to be impacted by the legacy of environmental contamination, and on-going environmental destruction. The hearing, which was called by Rep. Gregory Holloway, Sr., was attended by number of state

As the dust settles around President Obama’s State of the Union, and the two Republican response speeches it inspired, I’m left a bit dazed. How does the worst oil spill in U.S. history, which occurred just 9 months ago, fail to secure a mention? While yes, the BP drilling disaster doesn’t put the Obama Administration

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. Proposed Mississippi River Diversion at Myrtle Grove, images Courtesy of USGS and State of LA.Folks working on Louisiana coastal restoration have recently been getting cautiously excited about a potential

The Gulf States congressional delegations fight over allocation is jeopardizing money for recovery.I am increasingly frustrated with the continuing bickering that is going on between Gulf Congresspersons and Senators over how to divide the Clean Water Act (CWA) fines that will be paid by BP and others as a result of oil disaster. If they