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Deputy Director at Mobile Baykeeper, Mother of 2 beautiful daughters, community volunteer and activist for women, children, and the environment.
Tammy Herrington
Deputy Director at Mobile Baykeeper, Mother of 2 beautiful daughters, community volunteer and activist for women, children, and the environment.
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March 22, 2012
As a member of Waterkeeper Alliance, Mobile Baykeeper is one of 199 organizations working across the globe to protect its local waterways. Waterkeeper Alliance is the leading voice for the world’s waters with roots dating back to 1966, when a concerned group of commercial and recreational fishermen mobilized to reclaim the Hudson River from polluters. Riverkeepers, Baykeepers, Soundkeepers and others popped up around the country when they saw this successful method of protecting and restoring water quality. In 1999, the group formalized into an Alliance to protect our world’s waterways. The...
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February 24, 2012
Last month I reached out for help from fellow moms across the nation. In the summer of 2010, my daughter’s best friend stood in the Gulf with tears streaming down her face as oil washed ashore in Alabama. Saving this region for our children and grandchildren means a lot to those moms who live along the Gulf Coast, and we are once again asking for your help. Many outside the Gulf region are hearing that we are back to normal, but we continue to find tarballs on our beaches, mats of tar beneath the surface of local waters and fish with lesions, leading to questions about long-term impacts to...
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January 20, 2012
During the summer of 2010, the nation watched in horror as gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico. While many outside the Gulf region are hearing that we are back to normal, we continue to find tarballs on our beaches, mats of tar beneath the surface of local waters and fish with lesions, leading to questions about long-term impacts. The RESTORE Act, or Senate Bill 1400, was introduced by Gulf Coast Senators as a effort to send 80% of the fines BP will pay from this disaster back to the Gulf Coast for environmental and economic recovery. It has passed through committee, but we now need...
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October 11, 2011
The explosion that took place on April 20, 2010, and the resulting 250 million gallons of oil that spilled into the Gulf continues to challenge our region. This week, the Save Our Gulf Waterkeepers released their report “ State of the Gulf: A status report from the Save Our Gulf Waterkeepers in the wake of the BP Oil Disaster . ” The seven Waterkeepers that make up Save Our Gulf and who worked jointly to release this report include Apalachicola Riverkeeper , Atchafalaya Basinkeeper , Emerald Coastkeeper , Galveston Baykeeper , Louisiana Bayoukeeper , Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper , and Mobile...
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