Over 100 days into this disaster, The Deepwater Horizon Response (DHR) Unified Area Command (UAC) in New Orleans has finally established a Non-Government Organizations Unit (NGOs) to strengthen the partnership with the numerous NGOs that have a vested interest in the response to the DHR Incident. This unit will focus on engaging local nonprofit, faith-based, […]
Secretary Mabus will be coming back to the Gulf Coast to hear our thoughts on how to recover from the BP drilling disaster. It is vital that you get to a listening session near you and tell Secretary Mabus how the Gulf Coast must be restored. This is the time to talk about recovery and
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Below is a press release GRN sent out today asking lawmakers to include citizens’ advisory councils as part of upcoming drilling reform legislation. You can download a PDF of the letter here.Citizens’ Advisory Councils Followed Valdez Spill. Why Not BP’s Gulf of Mexico Disaster?New Orleans – A coalition of over one hundred Gulf Coast faith,
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BP’s oil drilling disaster has made it clear that, in the case of the oil and gas industry, Gulf residents don’t have much say on some very big decisions about the health of our coast and communities. For too long, large oil and gas corporations and the government have been the only one who have
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The Times-Picayune reported this morning that a busted well-head is spilling oil into Bayou St. Dennis near Lafitte.Oil is reportedly already fouling the marshes there. Though these small spills don’t get the attention of BP’s drilling disaster, they are all too common and contribute to the loss of Louisiana’s wetlands.Just last the Gulf Restoration Network’s
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This past I went on another flyover to the Gulf as part of GRN’s ongoing independent monitoring and watch dogging of BP’s drilling disaster and the catastrophe of a response. In the dozens of excursions to the Gulf I’ve taken since the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank, I’ve witnessed BP’s oil destroying our Gulf waters,
Bird’s-Eye View: GRN Finds New Leak Near Empire Read More »