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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

On Tuesday the first reports came in of oil (not just tar balls) directly reaching Mississippi’s Petit Bois, a barrier island, and communities throughout the eastern Gulf are now bracing for the oil to reach their shores. The Press-Register is reporting an oil sheen “riding an incoming tide and south wind almost due north toward

Yesterday, thanks to the generous support of GRN member and Gulf coast environmental activist, Jo Billups of the environmental music duo Sassafrass, I took another flight over the gulf coast to assess oil impacts and containment and clean-up efforts, if you can call it that. With me on board was Sig from Rehage entertainment, the

One of the most fascinating and unique features of the Gulf of Mexico is a string of thriving deepwater coral reefs which ring the Gulf. In recent years, NOAA and others, including GRN, have been interested in designating many of these deepwater reefs as Marine Protected Areas, but most of these areas still lack such

For Immediate Release: For More:June 1, 2010 Cynthia Sarthou, GRN, (504) 525-1528 Mary Lee Orr, LEAN, (225) 588-5059 Heather Emmert, Environment America, (504) 861-4427 Joel Waltzer, Esq., (504) 340-6300Gulf Restoration Network, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, and Environment America Intend to Use Federal Clean Water Act to Force BP to Full Disclosure and Deployment of All

Check out the 2nd episode in our ongoing series documenting BP’s drilling disaster, and its impacts on the Gulf ecosystem and coastal communities. This episodes features images of coastal marsh and seaturtles affected by BP’s crude, and interviews with Mike Lane of RodNReel.com, Dean Blanchard of Blanchard Seafood, and Cyn Sarthou with the Gulf Restoration

The slow moving nightmare that is BP’s oil drilling disaster is escalating as a significant amount of oil is now reaching Louisiana’s delicate wetlands. This critical situation requires a fight from all directions. While it seems overwhelming, GRN is fighting to protect our coast and address this disaster, and you can help. GRN has pressured

I was happy to share GRN’s perspective on C-SPAN’s national call-in show this morning. Watch my performance below. Aaron Viles is GRN’s campaign director. You can follow him on twitter, @GulfAaron