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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Check out the opinion piece I just wrote for www.voicesoftomorrow.org. It should show up on their site soon, but you’re getting a sneak peek here.———–Approaching the 3-month mark of BP’s oil drilling disaster, the question remains – will the nation continue to let the oil industry gamble with our coast and Gulf?”Hubris and willingness to
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Photo Credit GRN/Matthew PreuschRecently, we began receiving reports of inadequately trained BP contractors crushing bird eggs and disturbing tern nests in coastal areas. These disturbing reports were coming from independent monitors – citizens, journalists, and groups like GRN – who have been out in the impacted areas working to make sure that BP and federal
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Recently, Len Bahr has been sharing some of his thoughts about the state of Louisiana’s sand berms project on his blog LACoastPost.com. A recent post included aerial photographs of the building and subsequent eroding of the sand berm that the state of Louisiana is attempting to construct, with the stated purpose of defending the wetlands
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Whale sharks are the biggest fish in the Gulf of Mexico, and now a group of scientists is using satellite technology to track whether any of the giants come into contact with oil from BP’s drilling disaster.This video shows the scientists, including Eric Hoffmayer of the University of Southern Mississippi and legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle
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Two new videos of Louisiana musicians performing songs about BP’s mess in the Gulf of Mexico and its impact on life along the Gulf Coast are making the rounds.First, if you missed it on C-Span, here’s Drew Landry performing before the presidential spill commission this week:Also this week, members of New Orleans’ Hot 8 Brass
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