As a ray of hope penetrates a mile of Gulf water to reach BP’s deepwater wellhead, the disaster approaches its three month mark. Although a cap is currently in place on BP’s well, it is clear the Gulf and our coastal communities will be dealing with the impacts of BP’s crude for years to come.For […]
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As we breathe a cautious sigh of relief with a cap in place on the well, work continues to address the impacts of the oil that is still spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. This work will be needed for years to come, and you can help by supporting the work of Gulf Restoration Network
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Today is the 3-month mark of BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf. Natives, residents, visitors, and lovers of Louisiana made our voices heard and our presence known at the Federal Building in downtown New Orleans. Our purpose: to demand that Louisiana’s political leadership, specifically Senator Mary Landrieu, take the causes and impacts of the oil
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The more I dig in to the oily trash issue the stickier it gets (no pun intended). There are two basic things you need to know about the BP disaster trash. First, there is a lot of trash but the amount will not come anywhere near the amount of trash generated after Hurricane Katrina and
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8 Things I Know About Florida’s Special Session on the Referendum to Ban Offshore Oil Drilling in State Waters1) The wrong media is hurting the cause. Instead of ‘political jockeying’ news reports on partisan bickering and Florida Senate horserace implications, let’s focus on how the ballot amendment to ban drilling in state waters is itself
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Today the President is expected to sign the nation’s first-ever National Ocean Policy. The GRN applauds the Obama Administration’s announcement. This policy is the culmination of a year long process that started when the President convened the Ocean Policy Task Force in June of 2009.The Task Force consisted of 24 federal agencies from across the
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Recently, we joined with a number of conservation partners in calling for the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to take all possible steps to protect Gulf birds that have been in impacted by BP’s oil drilling disaster. For some time now, we’ve been receiving reports of BP cleanup crews negatively impacting nesting areas, crushing
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On July 1st, GRN launched the Gulf Future Campaign at live music events across the country. Wildly successful, these events helped to raise awareness for the communities along the coast.Now this campaign has teamed up with Reverb to talk to folks attending concerts this summer. Gulf Future will have tables set up in the Reverb
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