My name is Jennifer Myles, and I have been interning with GRN since December, 2011. As a recent transplant to New Orleans from California it has been a wonderful opportunity for me to get involved and get to know the region. On a recent trip with some friends to Grand Isle, Louisiana in mid-January I …
This article is excerpted from Wave Maker’s News, our quarterly update on all things water in the Gulf of Mexico, check out the full newsletter here.Okatibbee Reservoir and portions of the future mine site. In recent months, Mississippi Power has applied for three different environmental permits for its dirty, expensive and unnecessary Kemper coal plant …
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Nearly two years ago the people and places of the Gulf of Mexico suffered the greatest oil disaster in American history. Understanding that there would be an equally historic price for BP to pay, GRN has been working hard to bring BP’s Clean Water Act fines back to the Gulf. Now it seems like BP …
This article is excerpted from Wave Maker’s News, our quarterly update on all things water in the Gulf of Mexico, check out the full newsletter here. Disturbed beach in Pass Christian as construction begins. How does one keep a straight face while creating new environmental impacts with money meant to restore or mitigate for old …
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My mom has been convinced for years that my organizing and activism is really just a stepping stone to a career in Hollywood. I love my Mom, but I have no idea why she thinks this. I have no interest in acting. I haven’t been in a theatrical performance since a role in the HMS …
We’ve been acting to protect Florida seagrasses in Pasco County on the Nature Coast of Florida, because the Nature Coast boasts the largest and most pristine seagrass beds in the Gulf.Large areas of clear, shallow water are essential for seagrass, and clean water is what’s at stake in Pasco County. But our friends at Deep …
View of drilling rig and platforms, approximatelly 1.4 miles from Alabama’s Dauphin Island. Photo credit Harold Wright.On I joined a group of business owners and conservationists at the Yacht Harbor in Gulfport, Mississippi to speak out against a proposal to open up state waters to oil and gas drilling and production. Check out an article …
This article is excerpted from Wave Maker’s News, our quarterly update on all things water in the Gulf of Mexico, check out the full newsletter here.Fillman’s Bayou, with a kingfisher perched on the branch in the foreground.Pasco County’s stretch of the Nature Coast is a truly special place. Home to an amazing coastal ecosystem of …
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The coastal crisis in Southern Louisiana is at a tipping point. We continue to lose a football field of wetlands every hour, or 16 square miles a year. If we fail to adequately address the problem, that rate could skyrocket to 51 square miles every year, jeopardizing our very way of life. Fortunately, Louisiana has …
When you are cut, you bleed. The lacerations into the marsh carved by canals bleed our wetlands’ ability to provide for us. Oil and gas canals, most of which only access dried up or abandoned wells, have been dredged through tens of thousands of acres of marsh in the Louisiana Delta.These canals have cut up …