The WWG team is actively following the Texas Oil Spill into Galveston Bay. The extent of the damage is unknown at this point in time. Jim Guidry, executive vice president of Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine Corp., said the company – the nation’s largest inland barge company and owner of the barge that spilled the oil […]
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Environmental groups seeking to stop Mississippi offshore drilling rules
By The Associated Press on January 06, 2014 at 6:52 PM, updated January 06, 2014 at 6:59 PM JACKSON, Mississippi — Environmental groups want a judge to stop rules setting a framework for offshore gas and oil exploration in parts of the Mississippi Sound. At a hearing Monday, the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration […]
Drilling rules case set for Jan. 6 in Jackson
The Associated Press Published: Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 – 1:23 pm Last Modified: Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 – 1:30 pm JACKSON, Miss. — The Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network, who are fighting plans by the state to lease parts of the Mississippi Sound for natural gas drilling, will be heard Jan. 6 in […]
GENTILLY LANDFILL: LA SUPREME COURT WRIT DENIAL
Property owners represented by Waltzer Wiygul & Garside whose land was illegally used to create the Gentilly Landfill after Hurricane Katrina win another victory as the Louisiana Supreme Court DENIES the Defendants’ latest attempt to divide and conquer. The Supreme Court refused to overturn the decision by the Court of Appeals that the property owners […]
Empty nets in Louisiana three years after the spill
By Matt Smith, CNN updated 1:37 PM EDT, Sat April 27, 2013 Yscloskey, Louisiana (CNN) — On his dock along the banks of Bayou Yscloskey, Darren Stander makes the pelicans dance. More than a dozen of the birds have landed or hopped onto the dock, where Stander takes in crabs and oysters from the fishermen […]
Railroad companies sued by man who claims he contracted cancer
March 21, 2013 4:37 PM By Tia Benton NEW ORLEANS – A former employee of Amtrak and CSX Transportation is suing the entities on claims that each is liable unto him for damages after he contracted non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Joseph Tangell filed a lawsuit against CSX Transportation Inc. and National Railroad Passenger Company (AMTRAK) on Jan. […]
BP Trial: Day 1 and Day 2 Court Transcripts
BP Trial: Day 1 and Day 2 Court Transcripts
Fishers still angry about 2010 BP oil spill
Oil giant BP says the clean-up following the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been a success, but many fishers disagree. As the trial to resolve the remaining civil litigation opens, DW visits communities affected. 58 year-old fisherman Byron Encalade stands in one of his two boats. He hasn’t used either of them […]
Deadline for Hurricane Isaac flood-related loss claims once again extended
By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on February 22, 2013 at 12:42 PM, updated February 22, 2013 at 12:46 PM The deadline for Hurricane Isaac flood-related loss claims once again has been extended. The cutoff date had been Thursday (Feb. 21) for most Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies, but FEMA now has […]
Union racetrack must cease operations
Written by Scott Rogers USA Speedway will be forbidden to operate its commercial racetrack in a residential neighborhood near Sterlington following a ruling by a Union Parish district court. The lawsuit was filed by 59 residents in 3rd Judicial District Court in August 2010 seeking damages against USA Speedway’s owners Jerry and Casey Hobson. The […]