Immediately following the Deepwater Horizon explosion, crisis response centers were set up all along the coast. Now, nearly two years out and with oil still washing ashore, do you know who to call if you find oil?

It is a new year, a new beginning and another chance for the RESTORE Act to become law.   While there was a tremendous effort to pass the RESTORE Act before the close of 2011, the year ended without its passage and without these much needed restoration dollars sent to the Gulf Coast.   

GCERTF. NRDA. OPA. NOAA. DWH. BP. ER. CWA. RESTORE.

GCERTF. NRDA. OPA. NOAA. DWH. BP. ER. CWA. RESTORE.

Do you recognize the above acronyms? These are some of the names, agencies, and task forces currently involved in the restoration process following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster. 

If this jumble of names seem like an inscrutable alphabet soup to you, you are not alone. From the outside, it all seems like a tangled mess best left to lawyers and politicians.

2012 marks Mobile Baykeeper’s 15th anniversary, and we have spent the end of 2011 planning for the future.  We’ve cleaned off our desks and are gearing up to kick off this new year with a focused effort to see lasting change for our environment, economy and communities.

What’s Happening?

As the song says, “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”. With people beginning to decorate their homes with lights, garland and evergreens, the holiday season is upon us. The holidays can often be crazy and stressful with malls packed and traffic a mess. Through all the chaos, lets not forget the importance of staying green through the holidays. I have found some easy and environmentally friendly tips to add to your holiday traditions.

What’s Happening?

The following is a blog from one of our Mobile Baykeeper volunteers, Sandra Smith. Sandra volunteers twice a week in the Mobile Baykeeper office. She is a bright, shining face with a bubbly personality and a great work ethic. Each and every volunteer is important and appreciated by Mobile Baykeeper. This blog is a spotlight on one of those treasured volunteers, Ms. Sandra Smith.

Protecting America’s Clean
Water Legacy
The U.S. Senate Must Reject the Barrasso-Heller Amendment to H.R. 2354.

What’s Happening?

What’s Happening?

On Friday, October 21^st, the VFOB team headed to Dauphin Island to check out the beaches along the west end. As expected for an October morning, the beach was deserted. Despite (or perhaps by virtue of) the lack of people, we were able to observe: