By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press – 1 day ago NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On the cusp of trial over the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, phalanxes of lawyers, executives and public officials have spent the waning days in settlement talks. Holed up in small groups inside law offices, war rooms and […]
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Drilling Opponents Say Miss. Should Slow Down
By: | Associated Press Published: February 15, 2012 Updated: February 15, 2012 – 10:26 AM » 0 Comments | Post a Comment GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) The Sierra Club and other members of the 12 Miles South Coalition say Mississippi is rushing toward drilling in state waters without addressing concerns about tourism, the environment or economics. […]
Sierra Club maintains majority of citizens oppose oil and gas drilling
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 7:14 PM CST Updated: Feb 11, 2012 11:05 AM CST By Jeff Lawson Video Gallery 85% of people at public meetings oppose gas drilling BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – It would appear a lot of people want don’t want oil and gas drilling rigs in state waters. This week, the Mississippi Development […]
Justices: Kemper County coal plant case is not about coal
by Amy McCullough Published: December 15,2011 KEMPER COUNTY CLEAN COAL PLANT HEARD BEFORE STATE SUPREME COURT JACKSON — Three Mississippi Supreme Court justices say that so far, they can’t find the evidence that state regulators used to justify their decision to allow Mississippi Power Company to build a $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction […]
Justices question PSC in coal plant case
JACKSON (AP) — Three state Supreme Court justices asked repeatedly Wednesday where the state Public Service Commission laid out its reasoning when it modified its decision to allow construction of a Kemper County power plant in 2010. The Sierra Club is trying to get the Supreme Court to derail the $2.7 billion power plant, now […]
Mississippi High Court Justices Seek Reasons why PSC Reversed Itself to allow Kemper Co. Coal Plant
JACKSON, Miss. — Three Mississippi Supreme Court justices asked repeatedly Wednesday where the state Public Service Commission laid out its reasoning when it modified its decision to allow the construction of a Kemper County power plant last year. The Sierra Club is trying to get the Supreme Court to derail the $2.7 billion power plant, […]
Transocean Can’t Sue USA for Oil Spill
By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled Friday that Transocean cannot sue the U.S. government for fault in the Deepwater Horizon blowout, as Uncle Sam has sovereign immunity. During a status conference before the oral arguments, BP attorney Andrew Langan said the Department of Justice supports a continuing Gulf […]
Trial looms for liability case in Gulf oil spill
By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS – Each day, a team of 70 lawyers gathers in a New Orleans office suite to pore over a mountain of documents, study depositions and formulate argument. The attorneys, representing condominium owners, oyster fishermen, hoteliers, beach towns and others who claim to have been hurt by last year’s […]
Feinberg: Shrimpers’ pain continues: New rules to give more money to hard-hit shrimpers
By HARRY R. WEBER – Associated Press The administrator of the $20 billion fund set up by BP to compensate individuals and businesses hurt by last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Thursday new rules are being formulated to make payouts more generous for hard-hit shrimpers. Washington attorney Kenneth Feinberg told a House Committee […]
Participants in Vessels of Opportunity program can pursue damage claims, BP says
By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune People who participated in BP’s Vessels of Opportunity program can now pursue claims for damage to their boats and possibly other grievances, even if they settled claims for economic losses from the oil spill with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, according to a letter from BP. But, BP, leaseholder of […]