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On April 20, 2011, the British Petroleum (BP) drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. For the next 87 days, BP’s Macondo well spewed 172 million barrels of toxic hydrocarbons into the waters of the Gulf, devastating a vast ecosystem and endangering an entire way of life for residents of the Gulf […]

It’s that time of year again! Earlier this month, GRN launched our fifth summer outreach office. Over the course of the summer, dozens of dedicated activists will be working to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf of Mexico by having tens of thousands of conversations with Gulf residents about restoring the Gulf.

From monitoring the ongoing impacts of the BP disaster, to watchdogging BP fines monies as they begin to flow to the Gulf, the ongoing support of our members and activists is essential to everything Gulf Restoration Network does. That’s why we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to thank you by inviting you out to a

Last month we marked the 3 year memorial of the BP oil drilling disaster. Three year later, there are still big questions about how the use of toxic dispersants impacted the Gulf, and the EPA has failed to live up to their responsibility to comprehensively test dispersants.Tell the EPA that they need to test these

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released on Thursday a draft initial comprehensive plan for spending Clean Water Act fines on projects that will restore Gulf’s ecosystem and economy. The draft plan, required by the RESTORE Act, is open for public comment through June. This much anticipated plan landed like a thud, though, because in

Fill placed along Alligator Branch for railway track bed. It is hard to watch a state agency bureaucracy hurt its own citizens in real time. At the May, 2013 meeting of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Permit Board, a group of homeowners from Picayune, in Pearl River County came to Jackson with their

The Army Corps has Rejected SunWest Dredge Permit!In a huge blow to this ill-advised development, environmental concerns have carried the day, and the Nature Coast of Florida will not see the creation of 60-foot wide, 4 mile long yacht mega-channel through sensitive seagrass beds. Read more about the landmark decision here.GRN thanks its members, dedicated

What promises to be a compelling, thought-provoking series on how New Orleans and other urban areas are challenged to deal with storm water kicks off tomorrow. The Greater New Orleans Foundation has organized the 5 part Urban Water Series to pull together the best ideas and biggest thinkers in the efforts of cities to wrestle

As you may have seen from our last Gulf Tides video, some of the money from BP fines will pay to build land using the Mississippi River. Restoring the river to the delta is the “lynchpin” of Louisiana’s Coastal Restoration program, as embodied in the Coastal Master Plan.The patient, the louisiana coast, is critical. The

Space Station exhibit at INFINITY Science Center, Hancock County, by Ellis Anderson Media, Courtesy NASAOn May 3rd Governor Phil Bryant announced four more Mississippi projects, totaling about $69 million, to be created with Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) money. This spending is supposed to compensate for natural resource damages done by BP oil. NRDA “early