Last Thursday I had the honor of offering testimony to the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans, and Wildlife. You can watch the whole hearing here. I spoke on a panel with fellow Gulf Coast Fund advisor, Brenda Dardar of the United Houma Nation (read her powerful testimony about the impacts to […]
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Businesses and individuals across the country are finding creative and constructive ways to respond to the disaster in the Gulf and support GRN. Check out these products and events that are raising funds for GRN’s response to BP’s oil drilling disaster. Buy great stuff, and their donations to GRN will help us continue our work.
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At first it was a mystery how the oil was getting on to the beach because there was no visible sheen on the surface of the water. I know you are not supposed to touch the tarballs (I took BP’s 4 hour HazMat class) but I felt compelled to determine if the dark brown debris
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Last I took another flyover the site of where the Horizon went down, or the “source” , as well as the Louisiana coast from South Pass to Grand Isle. I invited marine conservation biologist, Rick Steiner, on the flight with me to provide GRN with his expert analysis. Dr. Steiner has been working closely with
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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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