EPA

Crossposted from Facing South. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a new rule this week requiring power plants in 27 states in the eastern half of the U.S. [...Read more]

By Matt Rota, Gulf Restoration Network. The prediction of the largest ever Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico for this summer, rel [...Read more]

A diverse coalition of 154 groups, including Waterkeeper Alliance, United Houma Nation, Greenpeace and 69 different Waterkeepers organizations, representing hundreds of thousands of community members around the country, Mexico and China, sent a letter to EPA Administrator Jackson and HHS Secretary Sebelius demanding action on the growing public health crisis on the Gulf Coast. [...Read more]

By Dahr Jamail, crossposted from Al Jazeera

Michelle Nix, from Pensacola, Florida, founded the group Gulf Coast Oil Spill Volunteers in an effort to be pro-active and do what she could to help when the BP oil disaster began on April 20. [...Read more]

By Kate Rogers, Crossposted from The NonProfit Times [...Read more]

Fishermen presenting their concerns and recommendations today regarding the BP oil disaster received a standing ovation today at the Gulf Coast governors' annual Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA) meeting.  [...Read more]