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Blue Crabs, Survey Panels, and More
CRGC researchers have been busy publishing new research. Two of note: Jacqueline Fiore, Craig Bond, and Shanthi Nataraj released a working paper on “The Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Spill on Commercial Blue Crab Landings”; and Andrew Parker, Amanda Edelman, Katherine Carman, and Melissa Finucane have a journal article “On the Need for Prospective Disaster Survey Panels.” Many more papers are available, linked from our website. View all research results »
Hurricane Recovery in the Bahamas: Turning Good Intentions into Good Decisions
Recovery in the Bahamas will have to be a balancing act. Plans will need to allow for transition toward long-term strategic goals for the nation, but also be mindful of not perpetuating inequities, write CRGC director Melissa Finucane and RAND colleague Joie Acosta. Read more »
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The latest issue of the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute newsletter features a Q&A with CRGC director Melissa Finucane about her team's research on building community resilience in the decade after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
RGSPI Update: Building Community Resilience
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The latest issue of this quarterly newsletter highlights a new study on the mental health, economic, and community distress associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The newsletter features a Q&A with RAND's Melissa Finucane..CRGC research is featured on the GoMRI website today!
Studies Examine Public Health Issues Following Deepwater Horizon | GoMRI
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Large environmental disasters can have a wide range of impacts on communities in affected areas, yet we have a limited understanding about how disasters affect public health."Nearly a decade of BP-funded research has uncovered a laundry list of potential health effects resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill... A number of studies addressed mental health and social issues faced by residents and workers either directly exposed to oil, or impacted by the spill's economic side effects, such as a ban on fishing and a federal moratorium on drilling operations." Read the summary at www.nola.com/news/environment/article_a2c44db0-2d90-11ea-ac0d-738224b1b679.html
The original article reviewing Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative research — including ours — is here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019GH000217
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Nearly a decade of BP-funded research has uncovered a laundry list of potential health effects resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including possible links between obesity and dispersants usedTen years later, our Consortium is still doing its part to support the resilience of coastal communities and businesses. There's still a lot of work to be done.
The oil spill's "most visible impacts — oil mats, birds covered in crude and dolphins washing up on shore — are long gone, and the gulf is teeming with finfish, shellfish and large marine mammals. But the signs of normalcy belie a more complicated truth: Researchers say the Gulf still hasn't fully recovered, and it could still be years before the full extent of the damage is known."
A decade after BP spill, Gulf of Mexico has rebounded, but wounds still visible
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It's been 10 years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 people and spewing about 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over three months."As we face the COVID-19 pandemic, we must be clear-eyed about health inequities in Louisiana and across the country, the institutionalized practices and policies that have caused them, and the very real ways they are playing out in who gets the sickest and who dies," writes CRGC researcher Amy Lesen
Guest column: Coronavirus will exacerbate existing health inequities
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The other morning, I chatted with my neighbor (from six feet away!) while he was walking his dog past my house. He is an ICU nurse here in New OrleansProjects
Health, Social, and Community Economic Impacts of the Oil Spill
We are surveying individuals in Gulf of Mexico communities to assess the health, social, and economic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on households. Read More »
Economic Impact of the Oil Spill on Industry
We are assessing the economic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the fishing, fish/seafood processing, and tourism industries. Read More »
Community Action Planning
We are developing and implementing a community action planning process to increase awareness and use of evidence-based resilience strategies. Read More »
Targeted Information for Disaster-Affected Communities
We are developing a web portal, tailored to the needs of communities in the Gulf region, to deliver targeted information about oil spills. Read More »
Mentor the Next Generation
We are training undergraduate and graduate students in disaster resilience research and outreach methods. Read More »
Real-Time Program Self-Evaluation
We are evaluating the Consortium’s performance as we do our work, to demonstrate success and to improve our research, outreach, and education activities. Read More »