David Hammer / Eyewitness News Email: dhammer@wwltv.com | Twitter: @davidhammerWWL NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is holding a hearing Thursday to decide whether BP’s settlement with thousands of oil spill claimants is fair. And billions of dollars are at stake – both for the claimants and their lawyers. A committee of […]
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Exxon Valdez could affect settlement on BP oil spill
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 4:24 pm by Emily Pickrell in Accidents, General, Gulf Oil Disaster As a federal judge prepares to rule on a proposed settlement related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, attorneys were in his New Orleans courtroom Friday arguing over how to apply a law passed in response to […]
Coalition criticizes BP settlement plan
22nd October 2012 By Zoe Sullivan Contributing Writer Go Fish represents fisher folk from across the Gulf Coast and has been advocating for a just settlement for the 2010 BP oil disaster. On October 15, the Go Fish Coalition released a critical analysis of the Seafood Compensation Program (SCP). The SCP outlines the settlement terms […]
Agency rejects appeal on Miss. gas and oil leasing
•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 […]
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 […]