GulfFuture Campaign

News from Healthygulf.org

• Defending the Gulf for the 5th Anniversary of Katrina Defending the Gulf for the 5th Anniversary of Katrina <p>Reports from the Defend the Gulf Movie Screenings that happened around the country this weekend are pouring in! From San Francisco to New York to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, people gathered to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Katrina by learning[…]
  
  Created on: 1 Sep 2010 | 10:38 am
  
  1 Sep 2010 | 10:38 am
• Five Years After Katrina, and Still No Coast Rescue Plan in Place Five Years After Katrina, and Still No Coast Rescue Plan in Place This week, the New York Times green blog covered the Gulf restoration planning process, announced by President Obama in his June 15th Oval office in support of a funded,
  
  Created on: 28 Aug 2010 | 8:57 am
  
  28 Aug 2010 | 8:57 am
• GRN Attends Commission on BP Disaster DC Hearing GRN Attends Commission on BP Disaster DC Hearing 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[…]
  
  Created on: 26 Aug 2010 | 3:15 pm
  
  26 Aug 2010 | 3:15 pm
• Events for a Healthy Gulf Events for a Healthy Gulf 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[…]
  
  Created on: 25 Aug 2010 | 3:46 pm
  
  25 Aug 2010 | 3:46 pm
• BP, Once Again, Wants to Push the Oil Back Into the Gulf BP, Once Again, Wants to Push the Oil Back Into the Gulf On the 23rd, BP once again asked the Corps of Engineers for an Emergency Permit to “surf wash” the beaches of Louisiana--this time on Grand Isle.  The concept behind this surf washing is to push the sand, “stained” by oil,[…]
  
  Created on: 25 Aug 2010 | 9:27 am
  
  25 Aug 2010 | 9:27 am

News from Nola.com

• St. Bernard Parish dock owner sues BP; claims oil giant owes for rent, utilities St. Bernard Parish dock owner sues BP; claims oil giant owes for rent, utilities A Delacroix dock owner is suing BP and one of its contractors, claiming the companies have not paid $376,000 for rent and utilities at the dock. And an attorney for the dock owner says oil spill response operations at the...
  
  Created on: 3 Sep 2010 | 5:05 pm
  
  3 Sep 2010 | 5:05 pm
• BP removes blowout preventer BP removes blowout preventer Will be replaced with a stronger version
  
  Created on: 3 Sep 2010 | 1:55 pm
  
  3 Sep 2010 | 1:55 pm
• Gulf production rig fire to be investigated by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Gulf production rig fire to be investigated by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Will be conducted jointly with the U.S. Coast Guard
  
  Created on: 3 Sep 2010 | 11:57 am
  
  3 Sep 2010 | 11:57 am
• Deepwater Horizon's 2 drill pipes seen up close in clearest picture to date Deepwater Horizon's 2 drill pipes seen up close in clearest picture to date 2 pipes would have fouled up blowout preventer
  
  Created on: 3 Sep 2010 | 11:10 am
  
  3 Sep 2010 | 11:10 am
• Reader comment: Media overreacted to oil platform fire Reader comment: Media overreacted to oil platform fire Responding to David Hammer's story, "Oil platform explosion is in marked contrast with BP disaster in Gulf of Mexico," reader buttercup commented: Ted Jackson / The Times-PicayuneCrew boats pump water onto the oil and gas production platform Vermilion 380 after...
  
  Created on: 3 Sep 2010 | 9:29 am
  
  3 Sep 2010 | 9:29 am

News from EnvironmentalHealthNews.org

• Second oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico. Second oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico. An oil platform explosion overnight in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to jump into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster. It was the second such disaster in the Gulf, but[…]
  
  Created on: 3 Sep 2010 | 9:00 am
  
  3 Sep 2010 | 9:00 am