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Archive for September, 2010
9/30: Welcome home!
Here’s another shot by photographer Amy O’Neill Houck from Sept. 21 in Cordova, Alaska, as family members waited for the Coast Guard cutter Sycamore. Click for more.
9/29: Invest $10 billion in Gulf development, recovery
Huffington Post published the following commentary Sept. 29, 2010, by the Center for a Better South’s Andy Brack.
9/29: Gulf Coast rising
On Oct. 30, the good folks at the nonprofit Radical Joy for Hard Times are sponsoring “Gulf Coast Rising,” a day for people along the Gulf coast to gather to celebrate the region, but also talk about how the recent oil spill has affected their lives. Click to learn more.
9/28: Restoration report
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus today is releasing the Obama Administration’s report on long-term restoration for the Gulf states following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April. Click to learn more.
9/27: Baby-makin’ time
Alaska photographer Amy O’Neill Houck snapped this humorous photograph Sept. 21 in Cordova, Alaska, as family members waited for the Coast Guard cutter Sycamore, which was returning from duty in the Gulf of Mexico following the oil spill. Click to learn more.
9/26: I want my life back
Here’s a photo and testimonial of New Orleans chef Chris DeBarr by photographer Terri Garland. Click to learn more about Garland’s series.
9/25: Another look
GRAND ISLE, La. — Here’s another look at the updated look of the yard full of crosses marked with wildlife that died and activities that suffered after the Gulf oil tragedy. Click to see more.
9/24: Assessing
Two Coast Guard officers toured beach clean-up operations Sept. 17 near Grand Isle, La. Click to learn more.
9/23: Hunkering down
Chicago Zoological Society’s Animal Programs staff released five American white pelicans at Brookfield Zoo’s Formal Pool last month after they were rescued on the Louisiana coast following the Gulf oil catastrophe. Click to learn more.
9/22: Greed update
GRAND ISLE, La. — The folks who provided the moving yard full of crosses marked with wildlife that died and activities that suffered after the Gulf Oil tragedy this month updated their yard art by piling the crosses against a ladder topped with the word “greed.”
9/21: La. cleanup
This photo, courtesy of the State of Louisiana, shows bay cleanup operations this week in Bay Jimmy in Plaquemines Parish, La. Click to learn more about continuing cleanup operations.
9/20: Examination
Examiner Todd Farrar looks for evidence of oil in sand from below the water’s surface at Fort Pickens, Fla., on Sept. 17, 2010. Click to learn more about this Coast Guard photo.
9/19: How it was
REMEMBER HOW IT WAS? This satellite view, offered by DigitalGlobe on its Flickr stream, gives a view of the mess in the Gulf just three months ago. Click for more.
9/18: Testing
NOAA personnel and members of the media receive a briefing Sept. 14 on the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth equipment resting aboard the vessel American Diver from scientists aboard the NOAA ship Pisces via hand-held radio. Click for more.
9/17: Toxic boot
Almost two months after last being worn, this boot still has oil and chemical dispersant on it that haven’t broken down, observes American Birding Association photographer Drew Wheelan. Click to learn more.
9/16: Cleanup patrol
Photojournalist Zoriah snapped this image July 17 that shows workers cleaning up oil on a beach on Grand Isle, La. Cleanup work continues today. Click to learn more.
9/15: Collecting boom
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Keith Frenzel observes members of a certified shoreline boom retrieval team on a vessel off the north shore of Trinity Island, La., on Sept. 11, 2010. Click for more.
9/14: Gunk
Photojournalist Zoriah snapped this image in late July of a chunk of gooey oil displayed by a clean-up worker at a Louisiana beach. Click to learn more and go to Zoriah’s photo essay.
9/13: Debris removal
Contracted workers load bags of excess boom from the beaches around Coffee Island, Ala., onto an airboat on Sept. 10, 2010. Coast Guard photo. Click to learn more.
9/12: Washed up
American Birding Association photographer Drew Wheelan wrote a touching and aggravating post last week about how there appeared to be an effort on Grand Isle, La., to get permits to use wave action to take oil back into the ocean. Click to learn more.
9/11: Street art
Street artist “Loaf” recently painted this scene on a building in Atlanta to highlight man’s poor treatment of the environment. Click to learn more.
9/10: Dive off rig
Researchers with Oceana.org made a Wednesday dive off a rig off the coast of Gulfport, Miss., and found it teeming with aquatic life. Click to read and see more.
9/9: Mat of oil
American Birding Association photographer Drew Wheelan snapped this image this week of a mat of weathered oil that remains on Louisiana’s Raccoon Island in the middle of a major habitat for seabirds. Click for more.
9/8: Big ideas for Gulf
SEPT. 8, 2010 — The Center for a Better South today released a major report packed with a dozen big ideas for restoration and transformation of the Gulf coast.