Five years since the beginning of the BP drilling disaster, BP’s oil is still in the Gulf and still impacting the region’s people and environment. Despite some offshore drilling reforms, the Gulf continues to suffer from the impacts of the oil and gas industry and is vulnerable to future major drilling disasters. Restoration efforts have […]
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After hearing from thousands of people like you, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward on new reforms for the use of toxic dispersants when responding to oil spills. Thanks to everyone who took action!Now, we need to make sure that the EPA adopts the strongest possible protections. Can you take a moment to
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When I joined GRN nearly two years ago, the dolphins of the northern Gulf were already 41 months into what National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls an “Unusual Mortality Event” in a classic government euphemism. Dolphins, a top predator, were dying in alarming numbers. While the UME began before the BP drilling disaster, the millions
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Check out this tongue-in-cheek guest blog from our friends atOcean Conservancy on BP’s latest PR efforts to minimize their impacts on the Gulf. Read Gulf Restoration Network’s reaction to BP’sreport here.Ocean Conservancy prides itself on contributing to thoughtful, science-based restoration approaches in the Gulf as we work toward returning the region to its rightful place
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As part of WTUL’sVoices from the Gulf series with Gulf Future, several pieces were produced from the Gulf Future Salons in 2014. As we near the memorial of the 5th year in our new, lesser Gulf of Mexico, we reflect on the events of 2010. Want to hear more, Want to tell your story? Stay
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Four and a half years. That’s how long it’s been since Gulf Restoration Network, our partners and the public called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do a better job overseeing the use of dispersants. The EPA has finally heard our calls, recently releasing a proposal to strengthen the testing of dispersants before they
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Over 600 scientists met last week at the 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference in Houston, Texas. Presented studies examine the effects of the BP drilling disaster, several showing a vast area on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico where marine life is sparser than it was before toxic “oil
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Oceanographer Jeff Chanton and his team at Florida State University recently conducted a study that found that 6-10 million gallons of oil from the BP disaster are coating the sea floor. From a sample area of 9,266 square miles, Chanton and his nine-member research team took 62 sediment cores and tested them for oil by
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The third phase of the BP drilling disaster civil trial ended on February 2, and we need your help telling BP to make things right – click here to take action.The results of this trial will ultimately determine how many billions of dollars in Clean Water Act civil fines BP must pay. Under the RESTORE
Update – 1/16/15: Just a couple of hours after posting this blog, some big news broke on the BP trial. Judge Barbier issued his ruling on Phase 2 of the trial, which concluded back in October 2013 and was focused on the amount of oil spilled into the Gulf and the response and recovery to
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