Socioeconomics Group Grants Webstory

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —One of the most ambitious and expensive ecosystem restoration efforts ever undertaken is currently underway in the Gulf of Mexico. More than $18 billion in environmental fines paid out by BP after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have been committed to restore the Gulf, and the stakes are higher than ever to understand not only how restoration will benefit the environment, but how it will impact the lives of the people living on our coast.