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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: David Guest, Earthjustice, (850) 681-0031, ext. 103Cynthia Sarthou, Gulf Restoration Network, (504) 525-1528 ext. 202Kristina Johnson, Sierra Club, (415) 977-5619 BP said it could clean up 20 million gallons of spilled oil a dayNew Orleans, LA — Earthjustice filed suit today in federal court against the U.S. Minerals Management Service challenging the …

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Come check out the House of a 1,000 Gator Pops this weekend to support Artspot and Mondo Bizarro’s Loup Garou summer tour, with Gulf Restoration Network. This summer, we’ll be continuing our partnership with the critically acclaimed Loup Garou production to spread the word about restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast and communities to folks from …

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As thick oil collects on Gulf of Mexico beaches more sea turtles and dolphins wash ashore in higher numbers than usual. The Gulf is home to 5 of the 7 species of sea turtles.Here is a recap since the BP Deepwater Horizon sand on April 30:By May 9, ten days after the blowout 35 Kemps …

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Gulf Restoration Network would like to give a special shout-out to all our supporters contributing their funds, time, and creative energies to help GRN respond to BP’s oil drilling disaster. Please support them, and their donations to GRN will help us continue our work. Keep checking the blog for new listings. Get out and support …

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As we all know, the BP Oil Drilling Disaster has happened at a particularly destructive time: Blue-fin Tuna are spawning in the area, dolphins are giving birth to their pup, Sperm Whales feed in the area, shore birds are nesting, etc., etc. Well, let’s add another man-made ecological disaster to layer upon the BP disaster: …

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Many of you have seen the dramatic, disturbing photos of sea birds completely covered in oil on Grand Terre Island. Last night, the Unified Command reported that the nearby Queen Bess Island Rookery has also seen severe impacts from BP’s oil drilling disaster. Queen Bess Island is known locally as “Bird Island” and is a …

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A Brown Pelican on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Louisiana has sacrificed 40-60% of our coastal wetlands and natural storm protection to the oil industry, we are fifth in the nation in water pollution due in part to petrochemical industries, and now we …

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Dispersants, like Corexit 9500/9527, are a mixture of solvents, surfactants and other unknowns that are designed to make oil more soluble in water. Most of what is known about the toxicity of dispersants and dispersed oil is based on acute toxicity tests.[1] The scientific literature suggests that acute (short-term) toxicity tests with death as the …

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Click on the photo below to view a heartrending collection of photos of oiled seabirds courtesy of AP photographer Charlie Riedel. A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

We’re now three days into storm season and our coastal lines of defense are under attack like they never have been before. Not only is Louisiana still losing a football field of coastal wetlands every 45 minutes, but now the Gulf’s valuable natural storm defenses are being slimed. As Gulf Restoration Network independently monitors BP …

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