By: Jaon Bacon; USA TODAY 8:32 a.m. EDT March 24, 2014 Three cruise ships were among scores of boats trapped by an "extremely serious" oil spill that closed the shipping channel connecting Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico for a second day Sunday, the Coast Guard said. On Saturday, a barge carrying almost 1 million gallons of heavy oil [...]
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 - was taking responsibility for [...]
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 Network asked Hinds County Chancery [...]
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 Hinds County Chancery Court, according [...]
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 have a right to unite [...]
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 who work the bayou [...]
