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April 2011

Fri, 2011-04-01 11:53

Jena Six Activist Convicted, Faces Decades in Prison

March 31st, 2011 - Civil rights activist Catrina Wallace, who received national acclaim for her central role in organizing protests around the Jena Six case, was convicted today of three counts of distribution of a controlled substance. She was taken from the courtroom straight to jail after the verdict was read, and given a one million dollar bail. Her sentencing is expected to come next month. [...Read more]

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Jordan Flaherty


Sat, 2011-04-02 18:53

Not Yet

Linda Hooper-BuiBy Linda Hooper-Bui,  225 - Nearly a year ago, we were driving home from a Florida vacation when my husband and I explained the Macondo well gushing in the Gulf to our three-year-old. [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf


Sun, 2011-04-03 16:49

Sea Turtle Deaths Mount in the Gulf

Sea turtles continue to wash ashore along the Gulf, forcing the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to scramble and figure out what is causing the spike. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Tue, 2011-04-05 12:46

A World Away From the Gulf, Penguins Fight Oil Too

As scientists investigate whether the BP oil disaster contributed to an unexplained die-off of dolphins and sea turtles in the Gulf, another oil disaster is underway thousands of miles away in the middle of South Atlantic. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Thu, 2011-04-07 09:31

Residents Say Sea Turtles Rot on Beaches of the Gulf

Laurel Lockamy thought she had seen the worst of the oil disaster last summer when waves of oil and tar patties washed onto her beach in Gulfport, MS, taking a major toll on the local tourist industry. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Tue, 2011-04-12 07:21

Fishermen of a Different Kind Take Their Gulf Fight to Congress

Kindra Arnesen and Ryan Lambert live only a few miles from each other deep in the bayou of Plaquemines Parish, LA. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Tue, 2011-04-12 16:15

WHAT SPILL? Congress has done 'virtually nothing' to address issues raised by BP disaster

By Chris Kromm, Facing South. When BP's Deepwater Horizon rig catastrophically failed nearly a year ago, it unleashed a gusher of wall-to-wall media coverage -- and promises from politicians of reform. [...Read more]

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Wed, 2011-04-13 00:11

Fight against pollution earns plant neighbor environmental award

Native son Hilton Kelley will get Green Nobel for grass-roots environmentalism. By Matthew Tresaugue, Houston Chronicle.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — The public housing project where Hilton Kelley was born and raised sits in the shadows of two refineries that belch toxic chemicals into the air. [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf


Thu, 2011-04-14 07:34

Gulf Residents; Please Take our Dolphins and Turtles Away

Laurel Lockamy was upset that a dolphin had been lying dead in the sand near Pass Christian, MS, for more than five days. It had been painted orange after being counted by the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and tagged as counted. But it still was not moved and was decomposing in the sand. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Thu, 2011-04-14 20:38

A Year after the Gulf Oil Disaster, a Mom Walks to DC to Fight for Health

On a picture perfect spring day, Cherri Foytlin and an entourage of friends and associates from the Gulf marched across the Memorial Bridge into Washington, completing a 1200 mile journey to raise awareness about the health impacts of the BP oil disaster. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Thu, 2011-04-14 21:56

Walking for Truth

This week, I've come to Washington, D.C. from the Gulf Coast. Thirty-four days and 1,243 miles ago, I set off on foot from New Orleans, Louisiana. I've faced tornadoes, rainstorms, heat exhaustion and countless blisters. But here I am, and I walked the whole way. [...Read more]

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Cherri Foytlin


Fri, 2011-04-15 15:13

Gulf Coast youth head to D.C. to call for action from Congress, the President

New Orleans, LA - More than 100 youth and community members from the Gulf Coast are on their way to  Washington D.C. today to bring a unified messaged to Congress and the President:  the BP oil disaster is not over.

The occasion is Power Shift 2011, a youth climate summit expected to attract 10,000, for four days of workshops, training, and action in front of the White House and on Capitol Hill. [...Read more]

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Ada McMahon


Sun, 2011-04-17 10:08

Power Shift; Where Youth Fight for Our Future

This weekend, the Woodstock of the environmental movement is on full display, not in a remote farm in New York, but deep in the heart of the nation's Capitol. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Sun, 2011-04-17 12:27

Clean-up worker, youth leader tell thousands in D.C.: The BP disaster continues

Last night in Washington D.C., a BP clean-up worker and the son of a Vietnamese fishing family spoke to thousands of fired-up youth leaders.  Tony Nguyen and Andre Gaines were representing a diverse contingent of over one hundred people who traveled to Power Shift 2011 from across the Gulf Coast. [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf


Tue, 2011-04-19 11:30

A Year Later Gulf Residents Ponder Their Oil Damaged Future

The one-year mark of the BP oil disaster finds may Gulf coast residents are still struggling with the impacts and unanswered questions left in the wake of the country’s worst oil spill. [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Tue, 2011-04-19 19:32

A Community Photo Project Asks "Why Should We Save Coastal Louisiana?"

Searching for a way to mark the one-year anniversary of the BP oil disaster, I thought about a series of photographs I saw recently from Lower Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. They weren’t images of coastal destruction, they were the faces of people young and old holding up a simple handwritten message answering this question: “Why Should We Save Coastal Louisiana?” [...Read more]

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Leah Mahan


Wed, 2011-04-20 09:20

One Year into the BP Oil Disaster, 
Women Lead the Charge to Restore the Gulf Coast

By Barbara Nonas, crossposted from Woman About Town. Today, April 20th, marks the one-year anniversary of the BP drilling disaster, when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and 172 million gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. [...Read more]

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Wed, 2011-04-20 09:39

Concrete ways to save the Gulf Coast: Kindra Arnesen

By Kindra Arnesen, Times-Picayune Op-ed. I've lived my whole life down in the bayou. I've shucked oysters since I was a teenager, and now I'm proud to be a fisherman's wife with two beautiful children. I wouldn't live anywhere else. [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf


Wed, 2011-04-20 10:39

Today, youth across the U.S. take action to make BP pay

Today, I return to the Gulf Coast after my 1,243 mile walk to Washington.  I walked to call for action from President Obama and Congress to end the BP disaster.  And at the end of my walk, I met 10,000 energized, fired up youth who are organizing for a clean energy future, at the Power Shift 2011 youth climate summit.  [...Read more]

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Cherri Foytlin


Wed, 2011-04-20 15:07

Federal health agency responds to pressure, sends rep to New Orleans tonight

As a result of Gulf Coast communities' advocacy in Washington DC this weekend, a representative from the Department of Health and Human Services will join a community town hall meeting in New Orleans toni [...Read more]

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