Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011, 4:30 AM The Army Corps of Engineers has finally unveiled a long-awaited $446 million plan to rebuild the Caminada shoreline south of Port Fourchon and the mostly disappeared Shell Island to the east of Grand Isle. View full sizeIt calls for a radically different approach to coastal restoration, one that […]
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Taking the track to court
By WES HELBLING North Ouachita Weekly News Posted Jun 23, 2011 @ 01:33 PM Sterlington, La. — More than a year after a suit was filed in the Third Judicial District Court against the USA Speedway, a hearing in the case is slated for August 29. New Orleans attorney Clay Garside filed the original petition […]
Action Report: Ferry operators balk at oil spill claim offer
wwltv.com Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:30 PM Updated yesterday at 6:44 PM Bill Capo / Eyewitness News SHIP ISLAND, Ms. — For boatloads of people, getting away from it all means a visit to Ship Island, enjoying the sand and surf 11 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico from Gulfport. Packed ferries […]
Judge dismisses environmental law claims by third-party organizations in BP litigation
By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune In a blow to environmental advocacy groups, U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier dismissed all environmental law claims by third-party organizations Thursday in the consolidated litigation over last year’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that they don’t have standing because the oil has stopped and […]
Halliburton & Transocean Want States’ Claims Dismissed in Oil-Spill Litigation
By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) – Halliburton Energy Services and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling on Friday sought to dismiss two states’ economic damage claims in the consolidated Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation. Both companies seek dismissal of claims from Alabama and Louisiana in Pleading Bundle C, which covers claims for economic damages filed […]
Yazoo pump: Project dead, again!
Is the Yazoo Pump finally dead? U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock last month ruled against it. But then, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had previously vetoed the project as provided under the Clean Water Act. The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners had challenging the EPA veto. It’s really a terrible idea. Democratic Interior Secretary Bruce […]
Spill woes persist as anniversary of BP’s blowout nears
By: Susan Buchanan, Contributing Writer Posted: Monday, April 4, 2011 3:40 pm Residents along the Gulf Coast wish they could forget how last year’s oil spill tore the fabric of local life by destroying jobs, harming health and reducing seafood consumption. But as the one-year anniversary of BP’s well explosion nears on April 20, scientists […]
Criminal Investigations Into BP Oil Spill Are Consolidated
By TENNILLE TRACY WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department is consolidating its criminal investigations into BP PLC’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, folding the work of three different offices and divisions within the department under one task force. Justice said Monday it had formed the Deepwater Horizon Task Force to oversee all facets of the criminal investigation, which […]
In Devastating Complaint, Louisiana Demands $1 Million a Day from BP & Others
By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) – Louisiana demands more than $1 million a day from each of the companies responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in accord with the Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991, the Oil Pollution Act, and the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act. In his federal complaint, […]
Court orders Obama to act on drilling permits
By Steve Hargreaves, senior writerFebruary 18, 2011: 4:56 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A federal court ordered the Obama administration Thursday to act on five deep water drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico within 30 days, calling the delays in issuing new decisions “unreasonable, unacceptable, and unjustified.” In a case brought by the […]