Environmental

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 […]

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 […]

By JACK ELLIOTT JR. JACKSON, Miss. The Sierra Club of Mississippi is arguing in court that Mississippi Power Co. should assume the risk of building a new coal power plant, rather than customers, while an appeal trying to stop the project goes through the courts. “If Mississippi Power thinks it is such a good idea […]

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed its first criminal charges related to the BP oil spill Tuesday, accusing a former company engineer of destroying records requested by prosecutors investigating the deadly 2010 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Kurt Mix, 50, of Katy, Texas, was charged […]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First Posted: March 25, 2012 – 12:12 pm Last Updated: March 25, 2012 – 12:14 pm BATON ROUGE, La. — Iberville and Ascension parishes should compensate the owners of Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours for opening a floodgate in 2009 that ruined their business, an attorney for the company told a state appellate […]

AP Reporting Posted: Sunday, 25 March 2012 7:49AM Iberville and Ascension parishes should compensate the owners of Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours for opening the bayou’s floodgate in 2009 and ruining the company’s business, an attorney for the firm told a state appellate court. Clay Garside, who represents Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours co-owners Frank Bonifay and […]

By Wes Helbling Bastrop Daily Enterprise Posted Mar 23, 2012 @ 07:30 AM BASTROP, La. — The USA Speedway has fulfilled the requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to restore wetlands that were disturbed during its construction. The USA Speedway is a dirt race track constructed in West Sterlington in 2009. The track came […]

Iberville and Ascension parishes should compensate the owners of Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours for opening the bayou’s floodgate in 2009 and ruining the company’s business, an attorney for the firm told a state appellate court Thursday. “They (Iberville and Ascension governments) destroyed the swamp tour business. They (the company’s owners) should be compensated,’’ Clay Garside, […]

Posted: Mar 17, 2012 3:59 PM CDT Updated: Mar 17, 2012 8:28 PM CDT By Michelle Lady SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) – The Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously ruled the Public Service Commission must go back and provide more details on why commissioners eased the financial terms under which the Kemper County Power Plant could be built. […]

Posted: Mar 15, 2012 10:24 AM CDT Updated: Mar 15, 2012 11:33 AM CDT Gulf Restoration Network Sierra Club – Mississippi HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) – The Sierra Club and Gulf Restoration Network have filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Development Authority, challenging the regulations that have been created for oil and gas exploration in […]