On October 4-6, 2010, ninety-five people representing forty six community, local, regional, national and international environmental, social justice, and fishermen’s groups met at the Beckwith Camp and Conference Center on Weeks Bay, Alabama. Together, we drafted the following set of goals and principles that we believe must guide the recovery and restoration of the Gulf …
In the days leading up to the 6th month anniversary of the BP deepwater drilling disaster, GRN is highlighting nine previous oil disasters, to give historic context to what the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing, and will experience for years to come.Burmah Agate, 1979While Ixtoc I was still spewing 20,000 barrels of oil into the …
With BP’s oil still in the Gulf, the Obama administration’s plan to lift the deep-water drilling moratorium once again puts the region at risk. The clean up and damage mitigation mission is not even close to accomplished. The Gulf and our communities have a long road to recovery from the BP disaster. Local fishermen are …
In the days leading up to the 6th month anniversary of the BP deepwater drilling disaster, GRN is highlighting nine previous oil disasters, to give historic context to what the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing, and will experience for years to come.Ixtoc I, 1979 While being drilled by the SEEDCO 135, a loss of drilling …
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.There have been significant complaints about Hattiesburg, Mississippi’s two sewage lagoons. Both sewage treatment plants have been in violation of the Clean Water Act over the past five years and …
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In the days leading up to the 6th month anniversary of the BP deepwater drilling disaster, GRN is highlighting nine previous oil disasters, to give historic context to what the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing, and will experience for years to come.Amoco Cadiz, 1978 Stormy weather and a failure in the steering mechanism led to …
The Gulf Restoration Network has teamed up with Jack Johnson on his 2010 To The Sea tour and All At Once, a social action network connecting nonprofits with people who want to become active in their local and world community. All At Once comes to life online at www.AllAtOnce.org and at every Jack Johnson concert …
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With the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster finally capped and clean-up winding down, long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast’s stained and vulnerable marshes, beaches, fisheries, and other natural resources hinges on an often-obscure legal process and how proactive and inclusive federal and state governments will be in wielding the power of that process.Under the Oil …
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ACTING OUTLAWS KATEE SACKHOFF AND TRICIA HELFER LAUNCH “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” CONTESTActing Outlaws and the Gulf Restoration Network Ask Supporters to Submit Emails, Photos and Videos of What They’re Doing To Help The Environment.LOS ANGELES (October 1st, 2010) – Later this month Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, 24, Nip/Tuck) and Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Burn …
In the days leading up to the 6th month anniversary of the BP deepwater drilling disaster, GRN is highlighting nine previous oil disasters, to give historic context to what the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing, and will experience for years to come. Torrey Canyon, 1967 On March 18, 1967 the T/V Torrey Canyon ran aground …