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6 Ways to Help the Gulf Coast Today - The Causemopolitan
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This Alabama-based conservation organizations provides information about volunteer efforts as well as donations.
BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill disaster -- resources to help make a difference
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It has been almost two months since the disastrous BP Deepwater Horizon explosion. The resulting oil spill and its impact continues to grow throughout the Gulf of Mexico and, increasingly, across the nation. EarthEcho International's co-founder and CEO Philippe Cousteau has been working since the early days of the crisis to focus attention on the horrendous environmental damage caused by this disaster. He's also spent time talking with individuals in the affected communities about the heartbreaking impact on their lives. We have a clear choice—continue to pollute our planet or fight for a cleaner world.
BP Oil Disaster: Resources and Benefit Events | WWOZ 90.7 FM
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On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig (leased by British Petroleum) set off an historic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Louisiana coast. While BP and government cleanup efforts are ongoing, many musicians, artists, organizations, and businesses are doing their part to help out.
Below is a continually updated list of Gulf Coast relief benefit events in the Greater New Orleans area. Please email events@wwoz.org to add more to our list. Read on to find out what else you can do to help combat this growing ecological and environmental crisis.
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This site has been created to serve as a community resource and meeting space for the residents of Alabama. On these pages you will find community news, information and content related to the Deepwater Horizon response.
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This site has been created to serve as a community resource and meeting space for the residents of Florida. On these pages you will find community news, information and content related to the Deepwater Horizon response.
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This site has been created to serve as a community resource and meeting space for the residents of Louisiana. On these pages you will find community news, information and content related to the Deepwater Horizon response.
BP | Mississippi Gulf Response
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This site has been created to serve as a community resource and meeting space for the residents of Mississippi. On these pages you will find community news, information and content related to the Deepwater Horizon response.
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
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Citizens Working to Protect and Restore a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana. For over two decades the Coalition has worked to restore and protect coastal Louisiana. As the needs and dynamics of the coast have shifted so have the Coalition's objectives. But throughout the established and formidable history of the Coalition, our commitment to the sustainability of coastal Louisiana has never wavered.
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
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With the first wave of the oil slick expected to impact coastal Louisiana, CRCL is joining with our partners at the local, state and federal level to begin registering volunteers to assist with spill recovery efforts. As we prepare to engage volunteers in various aspects of this emergency, we realize the need to have financial resources to manage volunteers from transportation, feeding, housing and supplies to carry out a successful recovery, we ask you to please consider a online donation to the oil spill recovery effort.
Colbert Nation Gulf of America Fund
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The catastrophe resulting from the oil rig explosion spreads across the southeast. What’s more, scientists say the swift gulf currents could move oil to sensitive coral reefs on Key West, then 100 miles per day up the Atlantic coast, which is as rich with sea life as the Gulf of Mexico.
Stephen Colbert and his generous fans are supporting relief efforts. The host of the Colbert Report and leader of the Colbert Nation, along with Bing.com have begun the effort with a $100,000 commitment to a new charitable fund - THE COLBERT NATION GULF OF AMERICA FUND. This fund will be used for general relief. From it, grants will be made to nonprofits that work directly to help the people and wildlife affected by this oil spill.
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A Louisiana state government web site with information for volunteer opportunities, hotline numbers, and related links.
Gulf Coast Fund Volunteer Information
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List of volunteer opportunities by state.
Gulf Future Campaign - GulfFuture.org
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Gulf Future is a collaborative effort to raise awareness and increase public support for the communities along the Gulf coast affected by the BP oil drilling disaster. This campaign is the brainchild of the Gulf Coast Fund and the Gulf Restoration Network. In May, several folks from our two organizations took a tour of the devastation developing in the Gulf of Mexico and along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Outraged and distressed by what we saw, and anticipating what the future might hold for these communities, GRN and GCF realized that nothing short of a nation-wide outcry about this catastrophe was necessary.
Thus the Gulf Future Campaign was formed. Our vision is a to mobilize supporters from across the nation to show their solidarity with the people of the Gulf Coast.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill — Texas A&M University Libraries
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Oil Spill guide from Texas A&M University
Gulf Oil Spill Information Center (GOSIC)
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In service to the scientists at the 20 institutions that make up the Florida Institute of Oceanography, the University of South Florida Libraries are constructing an online data archive and information center concerning the Gulf oil spill.
Gulf Restoration Network - United for a Healthy Gulf
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The Gulf Restoration Network is committed to uniting and empowering people to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf Region for future generations.
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A New Orleans-based volunteer organization working on Gulf Coast clean up
How to Help the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response | TakePart Social Action Network
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In the wake of the massive oil leak off the coast of Louisiana, many individuals and organizations are responding with offers of donations and manpower. Over a month has passed since the spill, and oil has begun to kill wildlife and wash ashore. The oil spill is already far larger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez accident that spilled at least 250,000 barrels of oil off the coast of Alaska.
Several wildlife organizations are moving teams into the region, and BP—which was leasing the now-sunken oil rig—has activated a hotline for those wishing to offer assistance.
International Bird Rescue Research Center
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News, views and photos from IBRRC's worldwide work with oiled, sick and injured aquatic birds
International Bird Rescue | How to Help: 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Response
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While those responsible for this spill are covering the cost of the Gulf clean-up, you can support the work of the non-profit organizations currently on the ground responding to oiled wildlife.
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The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor the state's oil refineries and chemical plants. The EPA-approved “bucket" is a simple, community friendly tool that fenceline neighbors use to take air samples. We complement the community group by adding a level of technical expertise to their work. We provide this tool and training to community members to monitor and expose industrial pollution as it happens. We assist residents in their fight to reduce pollution and protect public health. We work with community groups to help them take air samples and achieve their goals, be it relocation away from a polluting facility, reduced pollution, or a moratorium on facility expansions. The more evidence the communities gather, the more power they have to attain their goals.
LA Gulf Response: Louisiana Volunteer Program
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In the wake of the BP Oil Spill that is threatening our coast, local, regional and national conservation organizations are coordinating volunteers to assist in local, state and federal recovery efforts in Louisiana.
Our organizations - including the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation and The Nature Conservancy - are established, active advocates for the preservation and restoration of coastal Louisiana.
We are organizations with a history of on-the-ground work in Louisiana, and we are combining efforts and experience to implement an effective volunteer response and make a real difference in the BP Oil Spill recovery efforts.
Louisiana Bucket Brigade | Facebook
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Louisiana Environmental Action Network
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LEAN was founded to help Louisiana citizens change the balance of power and challenge the continued economic and ecological destruction that had become institutionalized in Lousiana. By empowering more than one hundred grassroots, community organizations, and countless individuals, LEAN has already helped in gaining a tremendous foothold in the war to make Louisiana's communities safer, healthier places to live. LEAN's expanded efforts will allow the progress already made to continue.
Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program | Audubon Nature Institute
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Coordinated by Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, LMMSTRP is the primary responder for the state of Louisiana for rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing marine mammals (dolphins, whales and manatees) and sea turtles affected by the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Audubon and LMMSTRP are collaborating with NOAA, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure that we have the most up to date information about the oil spill and any possible animals in its path.
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
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The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program's website provides information on the oil spill as well as volunteer opportunities for those in Alabama.
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The National Wildlife Federation provides volunteer and donation information as well as links to up-to-date news on the catastrophe.
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Oil Reporter is a pretty simple idea. We want people to share what they see and to allow that information to be shared with everyone. We believe that if people share what they see and that information can be placed on a map, it can help organizations and communities with their response efforts.
Available for the iPhone and Google Android.
Oil Reporter’s Adopt-A-Beach initiative will provide the opportunity for virtual volunteers to review high resolutions imagery of the Gulf Coast and to map data elements such as perimeters of oil presence and injured wildlife in remote areas where physical assessment access is limited. This also provides an opportunity for Oil Reporter photographs and video to be joined with high resolution imagery to provide greater understanding and provide an ability to share data from these sources back to the public.
Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010 - NOLA.com
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Latest news, photos, videos from the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster from NOLA.com
Oil Spills - Keeping Workers Safe During Oil Spill Response and Cleanup ...
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Safety guides and fact sheets from the Occupation Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Oil Spills and the Public - GULFSEAGRANT.ORG
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When a disaster occurs, people want to help. Often, this is exactly what is needed in a crisis. However, sometimes the presence of untrained people, however well-meaning, really does not help, and it can even make things worse. This is especially true in the case of an oil spill. Learn More...
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The Our Home, Louisiana Coalition is a partnership founded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to provide support to the people of the Louisiana Coast who are affected by the crisis in the Gulf. Our focus is on the health and welfare of the people in these coastal parishes, so coalition partners will be providing health screenings, stress relief programs, public health information, employment resources and access to agencies like the United Way that can help assist with relief efforts.
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Save Our Gulf is an initiative by Waterkeeper Alliance to support the Gulf Waterkeepers fighting to protect the Gulf Coast’s communities and environment from the long-term devastating impacts of the BP oil disaster. We are your trustworthy source for updates from the front lines, transparent news and action.
SCHOLR (Student Coalition to Help the Oil Leak Relief) @ LSU
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A Facebook page for organizing volunteer efforts at LSU
SCHOLR (Student Coalition to Help the Oil Leak Relief) @ LSU Facebook Group
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A group of student organizations on LSU's campus got together to determine what role our organizations, as well as the LSU student community, can play in providing relief efforts for the recent oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of this group is to provide accurate information regarding the series of events that led up to the leak, up to date information on the status of the leak and coastal Louisiana environment, inform students of volunteer opportunities, as well as provide a network for students to communicate and announce their efforts. (group's description)
The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life
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The Nature Conservancy protects Earth's most important natural places — for you and future generations — through great science and smart partnerships.
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Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
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Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research has been responding to wildlife involved in oil spills since 1976. Tri-State has a trained, dedicated staff on call 24-hours-a-day to respond to wildlife contaminated by oil spills anywhere in the world. Tri-State is one of only two organizations in the country that can professionally manage a response to a major spill. Rehabilitation of oiled wildlife is a complex, crisis-oriented endeavor. Tri-State takes a teamwork approach to oil spill training and response, stressing the need for regulatory agencies, responsible parties, state and federal wildlife professionals, colleagues in wildlife care, and concerned citizens to work together both in preparations for and response to oil spills.
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A web site for Florida volunteers, the Volunteer Florida web site has added a special section for volunteering in response to the oil spill.
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Founded in 1999 by environmental attorney and activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and several veteran Waterkeepers, Waterkeeper Alliance is a global movement of on-the-water advocates who patrol and protect over 100,000 miles of rivers, streams and coastlines in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.
Waterkeepers combine firsthand knowledge of their waterways with an unwavering commitment to the rights of their communities and to the rule of law. Whether they’re on the water tracking down polluters, in a courtroom advocating for stronger enforcement of environmental laws, in a town meeting rallying community support, or in a classroom educating young people, Waterkeepers defend their communities against anyone who threatens their right to clean water—from law-breaking polluters to unresponsive government agencies.
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This site is a joint project between students of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Mark Pokras of Tufts University's School of Veterinary Medicine and members of the wildlife rehabilitation community. Currently the site contains baseline hematology data and basic biological information for some avian and mammalian species. As time progresses we will be adding more species as well as information about diseases, parasites, management and current issues for each individual species. We hope to shape the future expansion around the needs of the wildlife rehabilitation community, so please take the time to fill out the survey.
