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 […]
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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 […]
Joel Waltzer featured in a trailer for Festival de Cannes!
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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 […]
Federal Judge Slaps BLM for Trails Mismanagement
By: ORV WATCH KERN COUNTY Topics: Illegal off road vehicle use Posted by peaceonearth Tuesday, February 15, 2011 – 11:55 Viewed 527 times 0 comments Location: Tehachapi, CA, 93561 Map data ©2011 Google – Terms of UseMapSatelliteHybridSan Francisco, CA – Finding that the Bureau of Land Management has favored off-road recreation over resource protection, a […]
Mississippi coal plant taken to court
By Ada McMahon, Bridge the Gulf On Monday, Feb. 14, the Sierra Club took Mississippi Power’s proposed lignite coalmine and power plant to court, as part of its ongoing attempt to stop the project from being built. In a morning press conference, the environmental group and a diverse range of residents and advocates voiced their […]
Judge: Kemper appeal decision in 2 weeks
By Amy McCullough GULFPORT — While lawyers prepared for the hearing upstairs, more than 20 Gulf Coast residents rallied in the lobby of the Harrison County Chancery Court this morning (Feb. 14), as Mississippi Sierra Club director Louie Miller explained a lawsuit with a pair of flip flops. Miller held up a pair of the […]
Kemper Co. power plant case goes to court
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 4:31 PM CST Updated: Feb 14, 2011 6:36 PM CST By Doug Walker – bio | email GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) – The Kemper County power plant case was in court Monday. The Sierra Club has filed suit, saying when the state Public Service Commission voted to allow the $2.4 billion Mississippi […]
Defend Our Coast, Defend Our Culture
Join us for an evening of great discussion, food, and music to benefit the GULF RESTORATION NETWORK Sunday, November 14, 2010 6 to 8 p.m. MONDO 900 Harrison Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana www.mondoneworleans.com Keynote Speaker Robert WiygulAttorney, Waltzer & Wiygul Law Firm and former GRN board member waltzerwiygul.com Involved in much of the litigation spawned […]