Tired of street flooding in New Orleans? Then, come on out to one of Mayor Landrieu’s joint City Council Budget meetings and let him know that you are ready for a flood-free New Orleans. Over $2 billion dollars will soon be spent to improve drainage in New Orleans, and it can be used to increase …
From Mississippi’s stunning wilderness barrier islands to the Nature Coast of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico is home to some of the most amazing seashores in the nation, but many of these special places are under threat from offshore oil and gas development. For years oil and gas industry lobbyists, and their friends in government, …
Padre Island is the largest barrier island off the coast of Texas and the world’s longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island. It is also one of America’s beautifully preserved nature sanctuaries. Several thousand years old, Padre Island is relatively young. It plays the crucial role of keeping coastal storms away from the other 300 islands …
For the past 6 years, GRN has helped our best activists across the nation take their support off-line and host a movie screening in their home or community venue to educate family and friends about Louisiana’s coastal wetlands crisis and the ongoing impacts of BP’s historic oil drilling disaster. This October, Defend the Gulf Home …
Dispersants being applied on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.Photo from US Coast Guard. Yesterday, Gulf Restoration Network — along with Louisiana Shrimp Association, Florida Wildlife Federation, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Alaska-based Cook Inletkeeper, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Sierra Club — filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …
On August 4, GRN joined people all around the world who stood along beaches, lakes, and parks to say no to expanded oil drilling and yes to clean water and safe energy. Hands Across the Sand is an international movement about protecting our coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife and fisheries.The accidents that continue to happen …
Tomorrow, Saturday August 4, join Gulf Restoration Network and other groups for Hands Across the Sand, a rally to promote a clean energy economy for the Gulf coast and the globe.Join us to link “Hands Across the Sand” in the name of halting the expansion of dangerous oil drilling and protecting the Gulf. It’s time …
Introducing the Flood Less New Orleans! CampaignWe all know that New Orleans has changed drastically in the wake of Hurricane Katrina 7 years ago. We’re surrounded by a $15 billion dollar hurricane risk reduction system, public schools management has seen wholesale changes, and the region’s awareness of the importance of coastal wetlands as natural storm …
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While most of our recent conversation about BP’s deepwater drilling disaster has been focused on the RESTORE Act, and successful efforts to legislatively direct the eventual Clean Water Act fines to Gulf ecosystem and economic restoration, new scientific studies are an important reminder that BP’s crude and corexit continue to have untold impacts on our …
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Public Service Announcement: when it comes to storm surge in south Louisiana, don’t Be in the Vee. And don’t let the Corps put you into one. Louisiana is still shaking from Isaac’s slow hit, and once again, coastal communities have been moved, coastal communities have lost everything, and coastal communities have been coated in industrial …
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