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Big coastal news! The White House has released the initial results of the Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Working Group, and we are terribly pleased to see a strategic approach, focused on: 1. Work with Federal and State Partners to Articulate a Shared Long-Term Vision, 2. Promoting Science-based Decisions, and perhaps most important, 3. Resolve […]

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of millions of Who Dat’s and Mardi Gras revelers exhaling after weeks of celebrating. With each Saints’ win on the road to their Super Bowl victory, the legion of fans and supporters grew even larger. We know President Obama was rooting for the Saints, and it seemed like

Last week, the Mississippi Public Service Commission met to discuss the cost and benefits of building a massive, dirty and expensive new lignite coal power plant and mine in Kemper County. For months, concerned citizens and groups – like the Mississippi Sierra Club, Mississippi for Affordable Energy, and, of course, GRN – have been speaking

Last week, several of our supporters came out to a hearing in New Orleans to show their support in stopping the construction of an industrial park that would destroy 57 acres of wetlands along the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO). Now, the City of New Orleans is coming close in deciding whether or not to

Last week, several of our supporters came out to a hearing in New Orleans to show their support in stopping the construction of an industrial park that would destroy 57 acres of wetlands along the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO). Now, the City of New Orleans is coming close in deciding whether or not to

Mississippi Power is moving forward with plans to build a dirty, unnecessary, and expensive coal plant in Kemper County, Mississippi, and they want ratepayers to foot the bill! The plant and associated mine will impact approximately 6,000 acres of wetlands and disturb over 40 miles of rivers, streams and creeks – all at an enormous

The weekend of January 22-24 was filled with students learning how to fight for the health of the Gulf. Our student interns from around the Gulf, service learners from Tulane and a few great activists from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette gathered in New Orleans to gain the skills, knowledge, and experience they’ll need

Check out this National Geographic short about some of the beautiful and unique marine life that inhabits the Gulf and narrated by renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle. This year is shaping up to be a big year for marine life. 2010 is the culminating year of the Census of Marine Life, a decade-long, international research project

Louisiana and the entire Gulf Coast region is ground zero for the impacts of global warming. One need look no further than the research done by the best and brightest scientists in the world to see that rising sea-levels and more powerful storms have wreaked havoc on our vulnerable coast and communities. Fortunately, last December

The call to support healthy coasts and oceans is uniting the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic, environmentalists and scientists in Louisiana with schoolchildren in Hawaii, and even Sherman’s Lagoon characters and Voodoo donuts! Our ocean and coasts now need your voice, too.These environments support an astonishing diversity of life and are critical to our