http://members.greenpeace.org//blog/piney_abbie_d This is a Greenpeace member blog en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 piney_abbie_d http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/piney_abbie_d/2011/05/11/bp-spill Wed, 11 May 2011 15:16:49 +0000 Main 13971@http://members.greenpeace.org/gpblog BP's new $1 billion fund for coastal restoration, and said the allotment of money should be treated as if it will be the last. They warned that BP's money cannot be expected to fix decades of environmental damage. Louisiana loses wetlands at a rate of roughly a football field every half hour. Lawmakers and representatives of community organizations spoke Tuesday during a meeting at Tulane University. Residents can't fix what already has been lost, but this could be a great opportunity to preserve what's left, speakers said. "We have more national attention to our Gulf of Mexico than ever before. Let's make the most out of these opportunities and these projects," Windell Curole, executive director of the South Lafourche Levee District told the group of roughly 150. "Healthy ecology equates to a healthy economy," Curole said.]]> http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/piney_abbie_d?p=13971&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments