We have been recognized over the past 25 years for the following achievements and awards.
2011 Achievements
LEAN and LMRK's Biota Sampling Project post BP Oil Spill results in University of Texas Medical Branch announcing their new study, entitled Gulf Coast Health Alliance; Health Risks Related to the Macando Spill (GC-HARMS), that will help us to have a better understanding of the impacts of petroleum contamination in the Gulf region.
LEAN's work and vigilance documenting individuals and their changing health conditions from chemical exposure due to the BP Oil Spill expedited an investigation by the Government Accountability Project.
Pearl River Fish Kill - We were the first responders and our field work resulted in the launch of an investigation by the Louisiana State Senate, Environmental Quality Committee.
Victory in the Courts - Louisiana State Court of Appeal ordered the State Department of Environmental Quality to test the environmental impact of discharges from produced waters from oil and gas production activities within Louisiana territorial waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
2011 Human Rights Award presented to Staff Chemist Wilma Subra.
Marylee was awarded the Louisiana Department Of Environmental Quality's Environmental Leadership Program Environmental Leader Award for her environmental leadership and advocacy work for Louisiana and our nation. Marylee has served as the Executive Director for the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) over the last 22 years, transforming the organization into a national environmental advocacy powerhouse. As the leader of LEAN, Marylee has led the organization in its effort to empower more than one hundred grassroots community organizations, thereby making Louisiana's communities safer and healthier places to live. In 2008, the US Office of Management and Budget Watch (OMB Watch) selected Marylee to receive the OMB Watch Public Interest Hall Of Fame Award. Also in 2008 Marylee was a runner up for the Conde' Nast Traveler Environmental Award.
For a listing of other awards and achievements please visit the About Us page.
