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, […]
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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
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The Times-Picayune reported this morning that a busted well-head is spilling oil into Bayou St. Dennis near Lafitte.Oil is reportedly already fouling the marshes there. Though these small spills don’t get the attention of BP’s drilling disaster, they are all too common and contribute to the loss of Louisiana’s wetlands.Just last the Gulf Restoration Network’s
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This past I went on another flyover to the Gulf as part of GRN’s ongoing independent monitoring and watch dogging of BP’s drilling disaster and the catastrophe of a response. In the dozens of excursions to the Gulf I’ve taken since the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank, I’ve witnessed BP’s oil destroying our Gulf waters,
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An Air Force C-130 sprays disperstants in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo courtesy Deepwater Horizon ResponseOne hundred days after BP’s blown out well began erupting oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a few things are clear.For one, damage to the Gulf Coast from BP’s oil will last for years, even decades. And that damage is
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Tropical storm/depression Bonnie has shut down drilling operation which aim to permanently shut-off BP’s Deepwater Horizon’s well, but the storm will also impact the oil that is off of Louisiana’s coast and in Louisiana’s wetlands. The National Oceanic and Atmosperic Administration, or NOAA, released a fact sheet on how a tropical weather system can effect
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RECLAIM THE COAST – GULF COAST OIL SPILL BENEFIT CONCERTS – THREE NIGHTSFriday July 23rd, Sunday July 25th, and Friday July 30th at 8:00 PMCity Winery155 Varick St., New York CityThe acclaimed folk singer, activist, and environmentalist Pete Seeger will open a series of three concerts to be held at City Winery on July 23rd,
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