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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. Torrey Canyon, 1967 On March 18, 1967 the T/V Torrey Canyon ran aground […]

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. In July, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) released a new water quality report, which includes the list of water bodies that the state considers “impaired.” This list

The White House released its “America’s Gulf Coast: A Long Term Recovery Plan after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” report yesterday. In the first of a series of teleconference briefings hosted by Gulf Restoration Network, Gulf advocates and community members responded to the report release today.”The ongoing consequences of the BP Oil Drilling Disaster have

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. Photo courtesy of Eric ZamoraThe Nature Coast of Florida is one of the last frontiers of the beautiful, untamed Florida that previous generations once knew and loved. Its legacy

Throughout this long, hot Gulf coast summer, GRN’s Healthy Waters team has been working hard to protect the rivers, bayous, and streams of the Gulf, and deal with the ongoing impacts of BP’s drilling disaster. From fighting a limestone mine in the heart of Florida’s Nature Coast, to pushing Louisiana to do a better job

Out of the 38 major oil disasters, only 7 have studied human health effects of exposure to an oil spill and only one study looked into the potential for long-term human health effects (The Prestige, Dr. Laffon, University of A Coruna, Spain). Each of the seven studies found disturbing human health impacts to spill clean-up

The National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine is meeting today and tomorrow to conduct a review of the “Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.” Sounds good, right? The coming together of some of the brightest doctors and researchers to discuss the health implications from human exposure

If you’re like me you were relieved to get the news that BP’s well had finally been killed. But despite that good news, oil continues to wash ashore along the Gulf coast, and information about how hard the Gulf has been hit by BP’s disaster is slow in coming.”Gulf Tides: Oiled Water, Oiled Waste” delves

GRN is excited to announce that we will again be the official non-profit partner of the Voodoo Experience, one of NOLA’s biggest and best music festivals, October 29-31 in City Park. In addition to checking out My Morning Jacket, Ozzy, Weezer, MGMT and all the great local bands, you should also come out to meet

It’s true that if you want something bad enough, you figure out a way to make it happen. It started in early June, when asked during an interview what I was currently “excited” about. While excited isn’t exactly the word I would use, (I prefer outraged, distraught or livid) my response was quick: The BP