We’re happy to report two pieces of good news about the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East’s efforts to hold oil and gas companies accountable for their role in Louisiana’s coastal land loss. Last week, a Judge ruled that Act 544, a law passed by the legislature that was designed to squash the Authority’s …
This a guest post from our friends at Octavia Books, who are partnering with us to host Mike Tidwell for an upcoming presentation and book signing. In partnership with the Gulf Restoration Network, we’ll welcome Mike Tidewell when he returns to Octavia Books on October 20, 2014, 6:00 P.M. to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of …
Step One: Coal Export Terminals place materials in the river. The black smear in the brown water on the riverbank is a pile of coal and petroleum coke from United Bulk: The black in the middle of the brown river is a pile of spilled material that has accumulated, despite the fact that United Bulk …
WATCH how coal and petroleum coke wind up in a restoration project Read More »
October 2012Meselhe et al at the Water Institute and ARCADIS–in regards to necessary environmental analysis for theRAM terminal proposal:”debris and dust generated during the loading process would be captured in the outfall channel and transported into the marsh areas potentially causing environmental issues. The investigation of water quality was not part of the scope of …
This blog was written by Hannah Pepper-Cunningham, GRN’s Online Communications Coordinator.
I suppose it’s easy to forget the importance of the law. Here at GRN, we are dedicated to uniting and empowering people to protect our natural resources, usually by asking companies and governments to follow and to enforce the laws that ensure we have clean water and healthy wetlands. Wetlands are our shelter and the …
This Wetland was built by the Law, the River, and the Dredge Read More »
The past four months as a member of Gulf Restoration Network’s Summer Outreach Team was nothing short of an adventurous roller coaster ride. There was sweat, blood, and tears shed in my fight to restore the Gulf Coast. The sweat, of course, was a product of the sweltering southern heat that only momentarily let up …
Louisiana needs to address the problem of abandoned oilfield sites. Individuals and organizations can submit formal comments to theDepartment of Natural Resources(DNR)to apply the law on abandonment of oilfield sites.Oilfield sites have scarred Louisiana for generations, becoming worse in spite of DNR efforts.Although Louisiana law and regulations require companies to “plug-and-abandon” non-producing sites, regulations have …
I went out with Public Laboratory’s Mat Lippincott to map a marsh restoration built by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. And it’s great to see these plants take off! Plants that are more protected have been growing more vigorously at this beachfront at the Lake. It normally takes plants …
This past 7 members of GRN staff joined approximately 75 environmental advocates from across Louisiana to “flood Baton Rouge” with our water and voices. The rally marked the end of a week-long march from Grand Isle in protest of Bobby Jindal’s signing the controversial SB 469 (becoming act 544), and effectively letting Big Oil companies …
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