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Gulf Senators Praised for Cosponsoring Bill to Restore Gulf

07.21.2011 | By Gulf Senators Praised for Cosponsoring Bill to Restore Gulf

­ ­  Contacts: Sean Crowley, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.572.3331, scrowley@edf.org David J. Ringer, National Audubon Society, 601.642.7058, dringer@audubon.org Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, guidrye@nwf.org Sandra Rodriguez, The Nature Conservancy, 703.841.4227, srodriguez@tnc.org David Willett, Ocean Conservancy, 202.351.0465, dwillett@oceanconservancy.org Patrick Scully, Oxfam America, 617.728.2402, pscully@oxfamamerica.org Gulf Senators Praised for Cosponsoring Bill to Restore Gulf Bill dedicates oil spill fines to restore Gulf communities, economies & ecosystems (Washington, D.C.—July 21, 2011) A coalition of organizations supporting Gulf restoration celebrated news …

NEWS RELEASE: Oil Spill Recovery Projects Proposed by Louisiana Deserve Prompt Review

07.11.2011 | By NEWS RELEASE: Oil Spill Recovery Projects Proposed by Louisiana Deserve Prompt Review

Contacts: Steven Peyronnin, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, 225.413.6924, stevenp@crcl.org Sean Crowley, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.550-6524-c, scrowley@edf.org John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, 504.421.7348, johnlopez@pobox.com Chris Macaluso, Louisiana Wildlife Federation, 225-344-6707, chris@lawildlifefed.org David J. Ringer, National Audubon Society, 601.642.7058, dringer@audubon.org Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, guidrye@nwf.org Karen Gautreaux, The Nature Conservancy, 225-788-4525, kgautreaux@tnc.org Oil Spill Recovery Projects Proposed by Louisiana Deserve Prompt Review Conservation groups say prompt review necessary so restoration can begin (New Orleans–July 11, 2011) Conservation …

Tripp to Task Force: Mississippi River Delta Restoration Must Be a Top Priority

06.28.2011 | By Tripp to Task Force: Mississippi River Delta Restoration Must Be a Top Priority

By Jim Wyerman, Environmental Defense Fund Environmental Defense Fund’s Senior Counsel Jim Tripp yesterday delivered an impassioned plea at the Galveston, Texas public meeting of the President’s Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, calling on the multi-agency group to prioritize restoration of the Mississippi River Delta as key to ecological and economic recovery of the region.  After working more than 35 years on Louisiana coastal issues, Tripp brought a seasoned vantage point to the big question of what the task …

Big Sky View of the Big Spring Floods: 2011 Mississippi River Flood Imagery

05.25.2011 | By Big Sky View of the Big Spring Floods: 2011 Mississippi River Flood Imagery

By Seyi Fayanju, Environmental Defense Fund When you hear about the floodwaters coursing through the Mississippi River Valley, it’s hard to visualize just how much water is rushing south towards the Gulf of Mexico.  Now, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Mississippi River Floods May 2011 Flickr site, the Atlantic Magazine, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District’s Flood Fight 2011 Flickr site, Louisiana State University’s Earth Scan Laboratory and NASA’s Earth Observatory (to name a few), you can see the …