JUST IN: Congress drops assault on EPA, passes legislation to learn lessons of BP disaster and fund Gulf restorationWouldn’t that be nice? Unfortunately, April fools dreaming aside, we’re still stuck where we are, with hostile members of Congress brushing aside the reasoned recommendations of the oil spill commission in favor of gung-ho oil industry boosterism, …
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Manatee Springs State Park, photo courtesy of Paul Clark.Over the last few months, GRN’s Science and Water Policy Team has been busy fighting to keep the rivers, bayous and streams of the Gulf safe for ourselves and future generations. From the effort to protect Florida’s Nature Coast from the “mining beast” to pushing states and …
Wave Maker’s News: The Fight to Keep Clean Waters Clean Read More »
After Hurricane Katrina, Congress sent millions of dollars in recovery money to the Mississippi Gulf Coast to help families rebuild and communities recover, but not all of that money went where it was supposed to. Instead, many recovery dollars meant to help low-income families find homes were funneled into pork barrel projects like the proposed …
The one year memorial of the BP oil drilling disaster is fast approaching and Congress has yet to enact legislation to safeguard the Gulf from future disasters. The media has moved on, but the oil is still out there and it continues to impact our wildlife and coastal communities. With this urgency in mind, GRN …
If you’ve been paying attention to our blog, or the news, you know there’s more oil spewing into the Gulf and affecting parts of the coast, but the origins seem to remain a mystery.When GRN flew over the slicks (yes, with an “s”) earlier this week, the lack of response activity was striking. Despite this …
On March 23, 2011, GRN volunteers flew with Bonny Schumaker of On Wings of Care over the Gulf. Traveling south of Grand Isle, they spotted what appears to be large amounts of oil. GRN’s Jonathan Henderson describes what he saw on a similar flight on this blog, and today we have video.Videos below the break. …
Video Footage from Gulf Overflight Shows Another Oily Insult? Read More »
Yesterday, we spotted what appeared to be new oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but the exact source of the oil was impossible to pin-point. There seems to be a lot of unanswered questions and confusion about what is happening in the Gulf.Louisiana State Wildlife and Fisheries officials have stated that they traced oil to …
You may have heard recent reports of an oily sheen spotted by fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico. We did too, so today, along with Gavin Garrison of Project Gulf Impact, I flew out over the Gulf to take a closer look. Thanks to Jo and Lamar Billups for making this flight possible!No thanks to …
Bird’s Eye View: GRN Spots New Oil On Surface Of Gulf Read More »
Despite the promises to change and other platitudes listed in BP’s 2010 sustainability report, the reality here in the Gulf is that BP is minimizing the severity of their drilling disaster and short-changing the communities still-reeling from BP’s crude and corexit. From efforts to limit their liability for environmental damages to huge issues with the …
Are you headed to Earth Fest at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans this weekend? Well, you won’t find Gulf Restoration Network there.After years of successful outreach at the event, we had to pull out this year. Last week, when we realized that BP was the main sponsor of the event (who made that decision?), …