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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]