An Oiled Sliver of Marsh, a Vanishing Rookery IslandWith David Peck, GRN went out on a winter recon of Louisiana’s wetlands in exterior Barataria Bay. Louisiana’s Delta is unique on Earth for having a landform created by such a powerful river, the Mississippi, emptying into a gentle sea. (although the biblical Nile, pushing into the …
A View of Okatibbee Reservoir looking northeast towards a portion of the potential mine’s footprint. Flight courtesy of Southwings. On Tuesday December 13th, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Permit Board will meet in Jackson to decide whether Mississippi Power Co. (MPCO) and North American Coal Corp (NACC) will receive the necessary permits to …
This blog contains 3 sets of photos. The first two sets are from two new leaks in Breton Sound. The third set is of the leaking Taylor Energy site.Yesterday, thanks to the support of the team at Southwings, I was able to board a Cessna 210 piloted by Skipper Tonsmeier and fly out over the …
Organizations with the Gulf Future Coalition releasedSunshine on the Gulf: The Case for Transparency in Restoration Project Selection today, a report that outlines the need for formal public participation in restoration decision-making and puts forth a framework for evaluating the many proposed early restoration projects that are being decided now.Gulf Coast communities are frustrated by …
Get your Kleen Kanteen water bottle when you sign up as a GRN Gulf Sustainer action.healthygulf.org/donateHelp save the Gulf with your online holiday shopping! Buy a stocking stuffer GRN gift membership and also get an “enGULFed” Kleen Kanteen water bottle. And get into Cyber Monday by shopping with these merchants that give a portion of …
This is too outrageous to ignore! Last year, in the wake of the BP drilling disaster,President Obama made a promise to the people of the Gulf that his administration would hold BP accountable for the massive amounts of damage the company caused.Well, that promise has been broken.Under an agreement entered into between BP and the …
Two weeks ago GRN led a group of twelve Tulane service learners out to a beach restoration project put together by the folks at Bayou Lands, LSU Agricultural Center, City Park, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.Shovels in hand, we took off to the beaches of Elmer’s Island, one of Louisiana’s barrier islands …
Just as the Mississippi River contains the potential to restore the wetlands of the delta, the email list of the Gulf Restoration Network contains the potential to pass the RESTORE Act and invest as much as $16 billion in the restoration of our Gulf of Mexico coast and wetlands. If you are one of our …
Last I had the pleasure of joining a group from the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans on a trip to Manchac, Louisiana, more specifically, the Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station. GRN has been partnering with the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development on a campaign to empower residents to effect policy …
The Senate may vote as early as this week on legislation that would make it impossible to protect many important streams, wetlands, and other waters under the Clean Water Act. Please take a moment today to tell your Senators to vote NO on this dirty water legislation.The “Barrasso-Heller Dirty Water Amendment” to the Energy and …