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 to revoke the certificate [...]
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 the 2010 Deepwater Horizon [...]
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 Caldwell, in a brief [...]
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, Miss. Wiygul argues the [...]
Mississippi Development Authority erred in issuing permit for offshore natural gas drilling, opponents say
[caption id="attachment_429" align="alignleft" width="125"] Rogelio V. Solis, The Associated PressSierra Club attorney Robert Wiygul questions employees of the Mississippi Development Authority during a hearing in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday.[/caption] 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 [...]
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 favor of allowing drilling, [...]