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The shaded areas represent lignite coal reserves.Strip mining for lignite coal is a nasty process. Thankfully, few of us have had to directly bear witnesses to how it impacts communities, and nearby rivers, streams and wetlands, but that could change if a North Dakota mining company is allowed to move forward with its proposal for […]

76 weeks after the Deepwater Horizon exploded then sank into the Gulf of Mexico, triggering the worst accidental marine oil spill in U.S. history both the House and the Senate have bills introduced which would direct the historic Clean Water Act fines from BP’s deepwater drilling disaster to tackle the ongoing challenges facing the Gulf.In

Jean Lafitte National Park and EPA lead the way to healing oil injuries to our coastal marshesTo heal a patient, first stop the bleeding. After decades of Coastal Restoration, Louisiana still has not applied the pressure needed to restore the most obvious damage to its marshes. Over the decades, these open wounds have cost the

Photo by Anthony SchoeneckerOn October 9, GRN supporters came out to Mondo in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans to attend the fifth annual fundraiser, Defend Our Coast, Defend Our Culture. Funds raised from the event support GRN’s ongoing fight for healthy waters, sustainable coastal areas, and vibrant offshore ecosystems that are essential to resilient

Last week, the White House’s Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (Task Force) took a significant steptowards restoring the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of BP’s oil drilling disaster, but there is still, of course, a long road to restoration. Created by the President and lead by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the Task Force

Hattiesburg South lagoons, as seen from space.Photo courtesy of Google Maps. Last week, the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi held a press conference and released a statement acknowledging that the city’s South Sewage lagoons are “under enormous pressure” and have “quite simply…not kept pace with the tremendous growth in population and industry” that the city has

Come out to Mondo in Lakeview this Sunday and join us for an evening of great discussion, food, and music to benefit Gulf Restoration Network, and learn how your contributions can help protect and restore the natural resources of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. With an exclusive focus on the ecological health of the Gulf

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. Harmful algal bloom on the Caloosahatchee River.The story of water is Florida’s story. Our beaches, rivers, wetlands and springs are the lifeblood of the state’s economy, and each family

Join us this Thursday evening for a reception at Inman Gallery with paintings by artist Kristin Musgnug and a short presentation by Gulf Restoration Network. GRN, active in the Gulf since 1995, will discuss our work responding to the BP oil drilling disaster and our campaign for clean water in the Gulf of Mexico region.Register

On September 9th, the Department of Energy announced the cancellation of the last ongoing environmental study for the Richton salt dome project, effectively halting any further progress on the project. This irresponsible oil storage scheme would have required the removal of 50 million gallons of water a day from the Pascagoula River for five to