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On BP finally released some of the first video of the massive oil leak gushing into the Gulf of Mexico – a full 30 second clip of it! Since this tragic accident first occurred, we have been concerned with BP’s efforts to keep important information from the public and downplay the significance of this event. […]

Latest spill projections through Sunday show no landfall in Mississippi and Alabama, but much of of southeast Louisiana’s coast could see beached oil.Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer

Representatives from the Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and BP have been traveling around Mississippi and Louisiana to take questions from scared residents. I attended the meeting in Ocean Springs

Take a look at this remarkable, and horrifying, collection of photos from the Boston Globe cataloguing the consequences of BP’s oil drilling disaster.A pod of Bottlenose dolphins swim under the oily water, Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer

On Lisa Jackson, head of EPA, met with non-governmental organizations in New Orleans to share information. Ms. Jackson reported that EPA has been focused on air, water, and sediment sampling to establish a baseline. This is critically important to show quantitatively what the BP oil drilling disaster will add to our environment. EPA is posting

For Immediate Release Contact: Aaron Viles, (504) 525-1528 Ext. 207MAY 12, 2010 aaron@healthygulf.org Gulf Restoration Network Concerned With BP Controlled Sampling, Restrictions Of Independent MonitoringNew Orleans, LA- The Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) has been engaged in continued independent monitoring of the situation in the Gulf. GRN flyovers by plane and excursions by sea have allowed

Yesterday, May 10, once again I went on a lengthy flyover over coastal Louisiana and the open waters of the gulf to the site where the Deep Water Horizon sank. This flyover was made possible thanks to the generous support of Jo Billups, GRN member and activist. With me on board the flight were Dr.

Last P.J. Blaize, a charter boat Captain, took a videographer from Voice of America TV and I out into the wetlands and near-shore waters of Louisiana, east of the Mississippi. We traveled through freshwater wetlands, salt water wetlands, and traveled out to some interior barrier islands, where hundreds of birds were nesting. It was amazing

After our boat trip this past Sunday I had an opportunity to interview Carl Safina of the Blue Ocean Institute Take it with you – download for your iPod

Check out this CNN video, featuring GRN’s Campaign Director Aaron Viles, discussing BP’s refusal to release most footage of the oil leak on the ocean floor. Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer