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Jeffrey Dubinsky, our photographer for the boat trip yesterday has posted the rest of his photos for your viewing pleasure or displeasure as the case maybe the photos are in the slide show are below.Thanks Jeffrey, great job!
Jeffrey Dubinsky, our photographer for the boat trip yesterday has posted the rest of his photos for your viewing pleasure or displeasure as the case maybe the photos are in the slide show are below.Thanks Jeffrey, great job!
This video accompanies my previous post – ‘Birds In The Crosshairs: GRN Finds Oil In Refuge’ Download to iPod
This morning I travelled once again down to Venice, Louisiana and met Captain Keith Kennedy of ” Born to Fish Charters’. With me were GRN member and activist, Jo Billups, Carl Safina, President of the Blue Ocean Institute, and GRN photographer Jeffrey Dubinsky. We embarked from Cypress Cove Marina at about 9 AM and set …
Birds In The Crosshairs: GRN Finds Oil In Refuge Read More »
For migrating sea turtles, the BP oil drilling disaster could not have come at a worse time. Five of the seven species of sea turtles call the Gulf of Mexico home, including the endangered Kemp’s Ridley. Every year adult Ridleys migrate from around the Gulf to the sandy beaches of south Texas and northern Mexico. …
Over the past couple of days, I have gotten several questions about dispersants that are being used to combat the ever-growing oil slick in the Gulf: What do dispersants do? Are they effective? Are they toxic? What happens to the oil? I will be the first to admit that I cannot come close to answering …
Take a look at this NBC Nightly News video featuring Louis Skrmetta, a GRN board member from Mississippi, discussing the devastating impacts that the BP oil drilling disaster will have on his livelihood, and the lives of others who rely on a healthy Gulf and coast. Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer
As BP’s oil drilling disaster continues to pump an estimated 210,000 gallons of their crude into the Gulf of Mexico, nearly 3 million gallons have now fouled the marine ecosystem of the Gulf.Weather finally permitted another monitoring flight with Southwings, so yesterday morning pilot Tom Hutchings, photog Matthew White and I took off from Biloxi …
Oil Hits Chandeleur Chain: 14 Days After – View from Above Read More »
We need your help as the Gulf of Mexico faces another devastating disaster. BP’s oil drilling disaster significantly threatens our environment, coastal communities, and economy. The massive oil leak continues to spew from the ocean floor with the slick growing at an alarming rate and now reaching our delicate coastal areas. For 15 years, the …