Environment

I hadn’t slept well. Most nine-year-olds don’t on Christmas Eve, but I had slept some, so there was a good chance that the jolly man had visited in the night. In the few seconds that I lay there, it came to me what my great-grandmother had been telling me in the days leading up to this one.
 

“I love this river,” explained Sharon Day during a ceremony held May 3rd, at Fort Jackson in Plaquemines Parish. The occasion drew to a close a more than 1,700 mile journey of the Mississippi River Walkers 2013 – a group of indigenous men and women who walked the length of the second most polluted river in the United States.

Gulf Restoration Network is currently accepting submissions for their annual Defend the Gulf: Short Film Showcase. The contest is a great opportunity for filmmakers, videographers, and Gulf supporters to utilize their talents to create short films, defend the Gulf, and win big prizes.

If you care about the fisheries resource and the traditional fishing communities that rely on them, take the time to read through this article and listen to the audio educational link contained within it (http://communityfood.posterous.com/fish-grabs-the-corporate-concentration-of-our).

Crossposted from the Gulf Restoration Network. The coastal crisis in Southern Louisiana is at a tipping point.  We continue to lose a football field of wetlands every hour, or 16 square miles a year.  If we fail to adequately address the problem, that rate could skyrocket to 51 square miles every year, jeopardizing our very way of life. 

Crossposted from Facing South. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management faces a civil rights complaint for

According to a new report, the petrochemical industry in Louisiana averaged one accident per day in 2010.  Here are three stories from that report, written by people who have seen the impacts of oil industry accidents firsthand -- two community leaders who live next to refineries, and one refinery worker.

A citizen of the United Houma Nation writes about the tribe’s history, and its ongoing struggle to be officially recognized by the United States government.  By Adam Crepelle.