Yesterday, along with The Sierra Club and Louisiana Bucket Brigade, we filed a state court challenge to the re-issued coastal use permit for the proposed Commonwealth LNG export facility, in…
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We are excited to join the Environmental Fridays Lecture Series with Desmond Murray on Friday, December 19th at 9:30am EST! TIRN’s Ocean Program Director, Joanie Steinhaus, will be presenting on…
On November 5, 2025, our Ocean Program Director and Environmental Program Coordinator joined Environmental Data Scientist, Naomi Yoder and Pilot, Scott Humphries on a flyover of industrial complexes along the…
Rendering of Commonwealth LNG, source: Commonwealth LNG. In a major win for environmental justice and coastal protection, a Louisiana state court has vacated the coastal use permit for the proposed…
For Immediate Release, October 14, 2025. Breaking news press release originally distributed by Sierra Club: Joanie Steinhaus, joanie@tirn.net, Turtle Island Restoration Network Anne Rolfes, anne@labucketbrigade.org, Louisiana Bucket Brigade Andy Li, andy.li@sierraclub.org,…
Thank you to The Daily News Galveston, and journalist Lauren Frick, for covering the recent decision by federal regulators to deny BP’s latest Gulf of Mexico drilling proposal (The Kaskida…
Don’t Miss Our First Members-Only Live Webinar! We’re thrilled to announce Education Sparks Change: Plastic Free July & Beyond — Turtle Island Restoration Network’s very first exclusive live webinar just…
“Photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard/Clean Gulf Associates via AP, a Clean Gulf Associates 95-foot response vessel skims crude oil approximately 4 miles southeast off South Pass Louisiana in…
Only 9% of all plastic ever made has been recycled, and most of it can’t be recycled more than once. By 2050, plastic could outweigh fish in the ocean. Unless...
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On this day 15 years ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana… and our ocean bled for 87 days. The disaster poured nearly 5 million…