Gulf Coast Fund
The Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (GCF), a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, has worked hand-in-hand with Gulf Coast communities for the past five years.
Recognizing that this is among the worst environmental disasters to affect the US coast, GCF is already taking action to address the situation and working directly with community leaders and frontline responders. We are receiving regular updates from our partners on the ground, and have already mobilized our Community Advisory Board and provided our first emergency grants to the areas most in need.
The BP Oil Drilling Disaster unfolding in the Gulf Coast is one of the most significant threats to the environment our country has faced in decades. It is not an ‘oil spill’ as it has been referred to by the media. According to scientists at Tulane University, it is a river of oil flowing from the earth’s crust at a rate of 240,000 gallons per day, with the potential to keep flowing for up to 3 more months. It will make landfall among some of the most important fisheries and sensitive coastal ecosystems within hours. And then it will just keep coming. Put simply, it has the potential to devastate fragile coastal communities and ecosystems beyond repair.
Action must be taken immediately to protect coastal communities and ecosystems.
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