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% …

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 …

Click on the photo below to view a heartrending collection of photos of oiled seabirds courtesy of AP photographer Charlie Riedel. A bird is …

We’re now three days into storm season and our coastal lines of defense are under attack like they never have been before. Not …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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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 …

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. …

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 …