•The Associated Press •Posted September 25, 2012 at 12:37 p.m., updated September 25, 2012 at 4:37 p.m. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The head of the Mississippi Development Authority has rejected an appeal by opponents who sought to block rules for offshore gas and oil exploration and leasing from taking effect. In a Friday letter to […]
Agency rejects appeal on Miss. gas and oil leasing
Kemper plant work goes on: Facility could be nearly done by time judge rules in lawsuit
Written by ANITA LEE The Sun Herald GULFPORT — Mississippi Power’s lignite plant in Kemper County will be 70 percent finished, at a cost so far of $2 billion, by the time a Chancery Court judge decides in about a month whether construction should continue. The Sierra Club is asking Chancery Court Judge Jim Persons […]
BP, plaintiffs attorneys say discovery request should be rejected
Published: Friday, September 14, 2012, 9:30 PM Updated: Friday, September 14, 2012, 9:57 PM By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune A request by Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, an organization representing fishers and other attorneys to reopen discovery in advance of approval of a $7.8 billion settlement of private claims against BP for damage caused by […]
Louisiana raises objections to proposed BP settlement of oil spill claims
Published: Monday, September 10, 2012, 8:00 PM By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune Add the states of Louisiana and Mississippi and an organization representing fishers to the list of those objecting to a proposed $7.8 billion settlement of private claims against BP for damage caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Louisiana Attorney General Buddy […]
ROBERT WIYGUL
Sierra Club attorney Robert Wiygul, questioning employees of the Mississippi Development Authority at the first hearing on a lawsuit by the Gulf Restoration Network and the Sierra Club filed over the Mississippi Development Authority’s proposed rules for oil and gas seismic testing, drilling and production in the Mississippi waters, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, in Jackson, […]
Mississippi Development Authority erred in issuing permit for offshore natural gas drilling, opponents say
Published: Wednesday, August 08, 2012, 11:59 PM By The Associated Press Opponents say Mississippi officials stacked the deck in favor of offshore natural gas drilling when they wrote rules to allow it. Sierra Club attorney Robert Wiygul questioned employees of the Mississippi Development Authority at a hearing Wednesday. He argued the state was biased in […]
Opponents: Officials wrote rules favoring drilling
By Jeff Amy on August 08, 2012 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opponents say Mississippi officials stacked the deck in favor of offshore natural gas drilling when they wrote rules to allow it. Sierra Club attorney Robert Wiygul questioned employees of the Mississippi Development Authority at a hearing Wednesday. He argued the state was biased in […]
Community conference held for victims of the B.P. Oil Spill
Written by: Allison Braxton New Orleans, LA — It’s been more than two years since the B.P. Oil Spill. The frustration among Louisiana’s commercial fishermen is mounting. Today, The Gulf Organized Fisheries in Solidarity and Hope or “GO FISH” coalition organized a community conference to find out what’s next in the B.P. Oil Spill settlement […]
Judge Grants Tentative Approval to $7.8 Billion BP Oil Spill Settlement
Published by Rhonda Miller on 02 May 2012 07:23pm A federal judge in New Orleans granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a proposed settlement of $7.8 billion in BP oil spill claims. MPB’s Rhonda Miller reports the decision affects thousands of Mississippi residents and businesses. Standing on the porch of his Ocean Springs home, fisherman Anthony […]