Recently, the Department of Interior split what was the Minerals Management Service (MMS) into two separate agencies. The idea behind the split is that if the regulatory and leasing/revenue producing functions of the MMS are split, the conflict of interest will be removed and the regulatory agency will be better able to do its job. …
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 …
We use YouTube to question BP (or at least their mistakes, actions, and PR) with our ongoing series Gulf Tides, now you can use YouTube to ask them questions directly yourself!Tomorrow, YouTube is teaming up with PBS NewsHour for an exclusive interview with Bob Dudley, President and CEO of BP’s Gulf Coast Restoration Organization. In …
Last week the dark shadow of BP’s oil spill disaster finally landed on eight miles of Pensacola’s sugar sand beaches. Despite Escambia County’s collection of nearly 45,000 pounds of tarballs and oil related crud, there was yet more oil discovered beneath the sands of the beaches.This subsurface discovery presents just some of the challenges of …
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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 …
As the BP deepwater drilling disaster stretches into its third month, the community impacts are significant and getting worse. For the newest episode of our ongoing YouTube series, we revisit the Atakapa-Ishka people of Grand Bayou Community in lower Plaquemines Parish. Please watch as tribal representatives recount the oil in their marsh, covering their oyster …
On Thursday and Friday of last week, I took two more flyovers to the “Source” of the BP drilling disaster and over sensitive marshland like the Delta National Wildlife Refuge (DNWR). It has been over two months since this disaster began and yet there seems to be no end in sight to this atrocity. On …
Hands Across the Sand in Gulfport, Photo Courtesy of Gabrielle ChapinLast I joined concerned citizens from across Mississippi at a Hands Across the Sand event in Gulfport. At noon, we linked hands along the beach to send a strong message in support of a clean energy future. It was inspiring to see such a great …