Several non-profit watchdog groups filed a lawsuit against oil giant BP under the Endangered Species Act today for the ongoing unlawful harm and death of endangered and threatened wildlife caused by the company’s massive Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. At least 27 endangered or threatened animal species are known to inhabit the…
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Environmental Groups File Intent to Sue Over BP’s Abuse of Dispersants in the Gulf
Gulf coast shrimpers and affected community groups from Alaska to Louisiana to Florida pressed the federal government to better regulate dispersants — the chemicals that oil companies sometimes use to break up oil slicks on water — before these chemicals are used in future spill cleanups. The non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice filed a petition…
Oil Spill Commission Meets Again on Gulf Disaster
Guest Column by Johanna Polsenberg Gulf Coast Restoration Network On Wednesday, August 25, I attended the second public meeting of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Fortunately, my immediate and lasting impression is that the Commissioners are extremely well-chosen and broadly experienced, highly capable experts. They demonstrated throughout…
Gulf Restoration Tour Around Barataria Bay
NEW ORLEANS, La. — We toured Barataria Bay in southern Louisiana with the Gulf Restoration Network and a representative from the Louisiana Shrimp Association this week and found oil-stained marshes, washed up oil-soaked boom and brown pelicans with their wings soaked in oil and chemicals. This is our innovative new form of story telling on…
Conservative Federal Judge Overturns Obama’s Gulf Drilling Moratorium
Ruling Exposes Gulf to Repeat Oil Spill Disasters by Glynn Wilson A Republican federal judge with ties to arch-conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scallia who owns stock in Transocean issued a ruling today lifting the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Obama in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in…
Alabama Scores D on Clean Water Report Card
HealthyGulf.Org The Gulf Restoration Network just rolled out a new report grading the states in the Deep South on compliance with the Clean Water Act, and Alabama came in with a D+, along with Florida and Mississippi. Louisiana faired even worse with an F. Unbelievably, Bush’s home state of Texas scored highest with a C-.…
