This morning I took another flyover the Gulf. While it’s true that the volume of visible oil on the surface has decreased substantially, claims that there is no visible, skimmable oil on the surface are just plain bogus. From the very beginning of the BP drilling disaster, GRN has been watch dogging the containment and …
On yet another recent flyover, I flew out to the site where the Horizon sank and then back towards land crossing over the Chandeleur Islands. Despite what BP and the Unified Command has been claiming for the last couple of weeks, there was indeed plenty of oil to be seen. What’s more is that this …
NOAA’s official trajectory maps are showing decreasing amounts of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but as the Times-Picayune’s Bob Marshall points out in a front page story today, “the Gulf might look cleaner on the surface right now, but there is probably hundreds of millions of gallons of BP’s oil in tiny, hard-to-see droplets …
BP Drilling Disaster: Trajectory Map for July 30 Read More »
Over 100 days into this disaster, The Deepwater Horizon Response (DHR) Unified Area Command (UAC) in New Orleans has finally established a Non-Government Organizations Unit (NGOs) to strengthen the partnership with the numerous NGOs that have a vested interest in the response to the DHR Incident. This unit will focus on engaging local nonprofit, faith-based, …
Secretary Mabus will be coming back to the Gulf Coast to hear our thoughts on how to recover from the BP drilling disaster. It is vital that you get to a listening session near you and tell Secretary Mabus how the Gulf Coast must be restored. This is the time to talk about recovery and …
Secretary of the Navy Mabus Wants to Hear From You! Read More »
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Below is a press release GRN sent out today asking lawmakers to include citizens’ advisory councils as part of upcoming drilling reform legislation. You can download a PDF of the letter here.Citizens’ Advisory Councils Followed Valdez Spill. Why Not BP’s Gulf of Mexico Disaster?New Orleans – A coalition of over one hundred Gulf Coast faith, …
Gulf Coast Groups Call for Valdez-Style Citizens’ Advisory Councils Read More »
BP’s oil drilling disaster has made it clear that, in the case of the oil and gas industry, Gulf residents don’t have much say on some very big decisions about the health of our coast and communities. For too long, large oil and gas corporations and the government have been the only one who have …