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What a whirlwind! Three days of great weather and great music out at the Voodoo Experience in NOLA’s City Park was once again, an important opportunity for the Gulf Restoration Network to educate musicians and music worshippers about the need for action for a healthy Gulf.This was our fourth year as the festival’s official non-profit […]

Hundreds of scientists met in New Orleans today and yesterday to come together on research priorities and explore potential for collaboration. There were 2 themes repeated frequently: BP is not releasing oil or dispersant to scientists for study and research dollars are not being distributed efficiently.Where is BP’s Oil? BP, once egregiously generous with their

The Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) just released a report by Wilma Subra proving that local Gulf residents have been contaminated by oil.The blood from eight individuals, 3 women and 5 men, tested positive for ethylbenzene, m,p-xylene, and hexanes. Comparing the blood samples with regular, unexposed Americans1, the BP workers and community members had shockingly

In their latest Policy Journal, the Environmental Law Institute (www.eli.org) features a story called Learning from Disaster that poses the question, “Twenty-one years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, will reactions to the Deepwater Horizon blowout finally address the systemic flaws revealed in Alaska?” The author, Zygmund Plater, is a law professor who served as

Last week, I reported on a new leak east of the Mississippi River in an area known as Quarantine Bay. I mentioned that I contacted the State Police HazMat Unit as well as the National Response Team which works with the United States Coast Guard to investigate hazardous incidents. Well, I had to call them

Gulf Coast Communities Call for Congressional Action on the Six-Month Mark of BP’s DisasterOn October 20, throughout the Gulf Coast, members of communities impacted by the BP oil drilling disaster gathered together with a unified call on Congress to take action to support the region. We want to let the country know that the Gulf

It has been 6 months since the beginning of the worst environmental disaster in the history of the United States. Sure, the Macondo well has been capped and there aren’t millions of gallons of oil free flowing into the open Gulf waters anymore. However, two excursions that I took this week to assess the impact

This morning, I set out on another flyover to the Louisiana coast to assess and document impacts from BP’s disaster. While I was en route to the Mississippi rivers passes, I spotted a leak coming from a facility between California Bay and Quarantine Bay. The coordinates are N29.26 x W89.30. I have since reported this

Local groups announce Weeks Bay Principles for Gulf Recovery, demand action at six-month anniversary of Deepwater Horizon explosionOctober 20th marks six months of BP’s oil drilling disaster in the Gulf. The disaster has taken its toll on the coast, and impacts will be felt by real people for decades. Reforms are urgently needed to prevent

In the days leading up to the 6th month anniversary of the BP deepwater drilling disaster, GRN is highlighting nine previous oil disasters, to give historic context to what the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing, and will experience for years to come.Prestige, 2002 In 2002, only eight years ago, Spain experienced the largest scale disturbance