Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 3, 2014
Newer posts →Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 3, 2014
BP seeks to reconsider parts of Deepwater Horizon settlement agreement based on Claims Administrator ‘conflict of interest’ By Kyle Barnett, The Louisiana Record. Oct. 31, 2014. “A filing earlier this week by BP PLC seeks to halt parts of the Deepwater Horizon settlement agreement it alleges were tainted by Claims Administrator …” (read more) BP Steps up Legal Assault on Gulf Spill Settlement Administrator By Paul M. Barrett, Bloomberg Businessweek. Nov. 3, 2014. “The lawyer, Patrick Juneau of Lafayette, La., …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Oct. 30, 2014
Gulf Coast landowners, farmers can tap $40M in conservation cash from BP oil spill By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Oct. 29, 2014. “This monumental partnership is an encouraging sign of the cooperation and dedication present on all sides with a stake in restoring this unique ecosystem…” (read more) BP’s aggressive PR strategy obfuscates facts By Alexis Sobel Fitts, Columbia Journalism Review. Oct. 29, 2014. “The company’s flack blurs lines between journalism and company mission…” (read more) Public comments sought on …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Oct. 29, 2014
Private Landowners to Benefit from New Gulf Restoration Partnership By Laine Kaplan-Levenson, WWNO. Oct. 28, 2014. “U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Norco, LA on Monday to announce a new environmental initiative aimed at private landowners along the Gulf Coast…” (read more) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Announces New Gulf oil spill Recovery Program By Janet McConnaughey, Associate Press. Oct. 28, 2014. “It’s a way to ensure private landowners can receive the right sort of incentives to undertake the kinds of …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Oct. 28, 2014
BP spill left “bathtub ring” of oil across more than 1,200 square miles of Gulf seafloor, new study says By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com – The Times-Picayune. Oct. 27, 2014. “Scientists have found evidence of a “bathtub ring” of oil particles from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill covering more than 1,200 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico’s seafloor…” (read more) Gulf Coast landowners, farmers can tap $40M in conservation cash from BP oil spill By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com – The Times-Picayune. …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Oct. 24, 2014
Coastal Rundown: NOLA Gets Philly By Laine Kaplan-Levenson, WWNO. Oct. 23, 2014. “In September, a delegation of local officials traveled to Austin to learn how they manage…” (read more) BP Shouldn’t Get Trial on Spill Ruling, Halliburton Says By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Bloomberg. Oct. 23, 2014. “BP’s bid for a new trial over causes of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill…” (read more) Gulf Anglers Release List of Priorities for Oil Spill Funds By Ted Williams, …
The fate and fortune of Plaquemines Parish is tied to the ability to sustain the wetlands
By Bobby Thomas, Executive Director of the Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry This month, the Restore the Mississippi River Delta campaign invited a few leaders of the Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry (PABI) on a tour of several coastal restoration projects along Barataria Bay near Myrtle Grove. Recognizing this as a valuable educational opportunity concerning a topic of utmost importance for the parish – coastal land loss – we gladly accepted. Despite being one of its greatest assets, …