United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Civil Action 2:15-cv-6300LEAN is suing as a “private attorney general” in a citizen suit to enforce the Clean Water Act and stop water pollution coming from Mo-Dad’s sewage pits north of Lake Pontchartrain. The utilities have been under order by the Louisiana Department Of Environmental Quality to […]
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Subsistence Fisherman And Those Who Took Quick Payouts From BP Looking For Fair Settlement
United States Court, Louisiana.BP’s oil spill in 2010 directly affected the lives and livelihood of fishermen and seafood restaurants up and down the coast. However, many subsistence fishermen have been completely left out of the settlement process. In addition, many fishermen took quick payouts worth $5000-$25000 dollars as they were made to believe this under […]
Louisiana Oysterman Association Inc. Versus Hilcorp Energy Company
United States District Court, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2:2016-cv-10171.In June of this year, the Louisiana Oysterman Association filed suit in June against Hilcorp Energy Co. for “prop washing” and doing so without proper permitting. This prop washing is a cheap method of accessing wells that uses tugboat propellers to churn the water bottoms and deepen existing […]
Court blocks use of BP restoration funds for Gulf State Park conference center
United States District Court, Washington, D.C., Civil Action 1:15-cv-00191.The $85.5 million Gulf State Park Enhancement Project was among the first restoration projects approved under Alabama’s portion of early restoration funds made available by BP as part of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process. The project had multiple parts but $58.5 million was to go […]
Doretha Z. Walker et al. versus AMID/Metro Partnership, LLC et al
United States District Court, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Civil Action.The City opened the Gentilly Landfill after Hurricane Katrina and used the area to dispose of hurricane debris in return for millions of dollars from federal agencies and others. The City claimed to own the property, but public records showed that most of the landfill was on […]
Mississippi Power and Sierra Club Settle Coal Litigation
Mississippi Power’s Watson Plant still has two coal-fired units which aid in providing power to its 186,000 customers. With the help of Robert Wiygul, the Sierra Club filed suit in hopes of encouraging Mississippi Power to stop using coal power. As part of the settlement, Mississippi Power agreed to convert from coal to natural gas […]
Union Racetrack Must Cease Operations
United States District Court, etc.USA Speedway opened a commercial racetrack in Sterlington. The racetrack operated on Friday nights and sometimes Saturday nights with races beginning at 7 p.m. and sometimes lasting until 2 a.m, and keeping residents awake. The plaintiffs alleged the dirt track created a large amount of airborne dust that intruded upon their […]