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On August 25, I attended the second public meeting of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Fortunately, my immediate and lasting impression is that the Commissioners are extremely well-chosen and broadly experienced, highly capable experts. They demonstrated throughout the long day that they are committed to understanding and […]

Support for the Gulf coast continues to grow!! Companies, individuals, and kids from across the country are finding creative and constructive ways to respond to the disaster in the Gulf and support GRN. In addition to making donations directly to GRN, check out these events and products that are raising funds for GRN’s response to

On the 23rd, BP once again asked the Corps of Engineers for an Emergency Permit to “surf wash” the beaches of Louisiana–this time on Grand Isle. The concept behind this surf washing is to push the sand, “stained” by oil, back into the Gulf, and let the waves “clean” it. BP already proposed this once

To mark the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina — and in response to the BP Oil Drilling Disaster also deeply affecting the region, our friends at Air Traffic Control (a nonprofit resource for activist and philanthropic musicians) have produced Dear New Orleans, a digital music benefit compilation for the people of the Gulf. Dear New

We just recieved this update from St. Bernard Parish officials.Large fish kill found at the mouth of the MRGOSuspected emulsified oil/tar balls being recovered in the area of Grassy Island A large fish kill was found Sunday afternoon at the mouth of the MRGO. Thousands of dead fish were found floating at the top of

As our readers know, we have had significant concerns regarding Louisiana’s oil protection sand berms which have been constructed under the auspices of protecting the coast from oil(see posts from May 14, July 12, and July 14). In drafting comments responding to Louisiana’s request to continue with and expand the project, we discovered thatin a

This weekend, 12 amazing volunteers from Northern California joined together to help communities in the Gulf at the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco. These folks raised some money, got some petitions signed, and talked to music lovers about the ongoing impacts this oil disaster has on the Gulf region. People walking by the

In Timbalier Bay, the clean- up workers may have left, but plenty of oil remains. The pictures below from yesterday’s excursion clearly show that not only did they leave, but they left their filthy mess behind them. On Timbalier Island I came across lots of extremely oiled and weathered boom, those pom-pon oil collectors, and

“I loved it! I had a great time. How often do you get the chance to canoe through a cypress forest in the dark through a rainstorm?” Petra”Very coastal. It was cool to see up close the invasive species that cause problems. I didn’t think of tallow as evil before.” Leo “The trip bridged our

CNN’s Ed Lavendara continues his solid reporting on the environmental considerations of the BP drilling disaster, this time catching up with USF researchers, just back from cruise to chart oil and dispersant. Unfortunately, they’re finding the oil far from the source, on the seafloor east of the well.