Job Opening: Volunteer Coordinator, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
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Location: 6160 Perkins Rd., Suite 225, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Title: Volunteer Coordinator Reports To: Restoration Program Director and Executive Director Start Date: As soon as possible The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) is a non-profit organization that has been working to restore and protect a sustainable coastal Louisiana for over 25 years. One way that CRCL accomplishes its mission is through its Restoration Program which works to restore coastal habitat by engaging and educating volunteers in a variety of wetland restoration projects. Since …
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Today, as the April 20 three-year memorial of the 2010 BP oil disaster approaches, impacted community members, public officials and local and national conservation groups convened at the site of the ongoing BP trial, outside the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, to demand that BP be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law for its role in the oil disaster so that Gulf restoration can begin. Visit the Restore the Mississippi River Delta‘s Facebook page to …
For Immediate Release: The BP Oil Disaster – Three Years Later
The BP Oil Disaster: Three Years Later I: PRESS RELEASE II: JOINT STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BP Oil Disaster Unresolved at Three-Year Mark Gulf Coast residents, public officials, conservation groups gather onsite at BP trial CONTACTS: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Erin Greeson, National Audubon Society, 503.913.8978, egreeson@audubon.org Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, eskree@edf.org Jordan Macha, Sierra Club, 713.299.4300, jordan.macha@sierraclub.org Dan Favre, Gulf Restoration Network, 401.965.7908, dan@healthygulf.org (New Orleans, LA—April 16, 2013) Today, as the April …
Media Advisory: The BP Oil Disaster – Three Years Later
MEDIA ADVISORY: For Tuesday, April 16, 2013 The BP Oil Disaster: Three Years Later Gulf Coast residents, public officials, conservation groups to host press conference, rally at site of BP trial CONTACTS: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Erin Greeson, National Audubon Society, 503.913.8978, egreeson@audubon.org Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, eskree@edf.org Jordan Macha, Sierra Club, 713.299.4300, jordan.macha@sierraclub.org Dan Favre, Gulf Restoration Network, 401.965.7908, dan@healthygulf.org Please join coastal restoration advocates, government officials, business owners and impacted community …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: March 22, 2013
BP Seeks Sanctions Over Missing Cement Samples By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press. March 22, 2013. “BP asked a federal judge Thursday to sanction its cement contractor on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling project, accusing the company of withholding critical evidence that could have been used at the ongoing trial over the nation’s worst offshore oil spill…” (read more) Gulf Coast attorneys general say BP ‘wrong’ to challenge oil spill claims process By George Talbot, Press-Register (Mobile, Ala.). March 21. 2013. …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: March 21, 2013
Coast reclamation advocates warn fight over how to spend BP fines far from over By Bob Marshall, The Lens. March 20, 2013. “As lawyers battle in federal court to determine how many billions in fines BP and its partners owe for damages caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, Louisiana coastal advocates are being urged to get involved in an equally important fight already underway outside the courtroom…” (read more) Coastal states want more offshore drilling revenue By Andrew Restuccia, …
Mardi Gras Pass: Compromise will be key
By Emily Guidry Schatzel, Communications Manager, National Wildlife Federation Recent news reports suggest that the potential for compromise exists in the case of Mardi Gras Pass, the newest known distributary of the Mississippi River. The pass was discovered in 2012 when the river cut a channel through its bank in the Bohemia Spillway, a stretch without levees, giving an exciting and rare view at how a natural delta system operates. While the pass promises ecological prosperity for the delta, the …
Courtroom recap: Day 2 of the BP oil spill trial
By Whit Remer, Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund Today marked the second day of the BP oil spill trial, which kicked off with the plaintiffs’ lawyers calling their first two witnesses: Dr. Robert “Bob” Bea, an engineer, and Lamar McKay, Chairman and President of BP America. Dr. Bea is an expert on “process safety,” a field of civil engineering that focuses on preventing catastrophic incidents, like the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the ensuing release of millions …
A recap of day 1 of the BP oil spill trial
By Whit Remer, Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund Today, I watched opening statements from inside the courtroom of one of the most complex and high stakes trials in this nation’s history. The first day of the BP trial consisted of nearly six and a half hours of opening statements by both sides of the litigation. Opening statements allow each party the opportunity to present an overview of their case. On the plaintiffs’ side, attorneys represented citizens who lost income as …
Environmentalists, activists rally outside courthouse for start of BP oil spill trial
By Elizabeth Skree, Communications Manager, Environmental Defense Fund Beginning at 6 a.m. this morning, Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign members and dozens of Gulf Coast supporters rallied outside the U.S. District Courthouse in New Orleans, urging the U.S. Department of Justice to hold BP fully accountable for the gulf oil disaster. As the civil trial began inside the building, Gulf Coast residents representing communities, industries and diverse sectors gathered outside, holding signs showing the spill’s destruction, reading “#makeBPpay.” The group …
Joint Statement on Upcoming BP Oil Spill Trial and Settlement Reports
Contact: Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, eskree@edf.org Erin Greeson, National Audubon Society, 503.913.8978, egreeson@audubon.org Lacey McCormick, National Wildlife Federation, 512.203.3016, mccormick@nwf.org Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Oil Spill Case: BP Needs to Be Held Accountable Washington, D.C. (February 22, 2013) BP is facing tens of billions of dollars in penalties as the U.S. Department of Justice and the British oil giant get ready to start trial Monday over civil charges stemming from the 2010 gulf oil disaster. However, a …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: February 22, 2013
BP’s track record is vital in deciding penalties: Editorial By The Editorial Board, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 21, 2013. “BP’s general counsel said this week that he’s confident that the company will escape the harshest level of civil penalties for the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s not surprising that he would argue against the notion that the oil giant was grossly negligent for the spill, which poured 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. The …
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Louisiana public meetings: Feb. 19-21
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council is holding public meetings to get public opinion on how RESTORE Act dollars should be spent, and we invite you to attend and be a voice for environmental restoration. The Restoration Council is looking for public input on their draft Comprehensive Plan for Gulf Coast restoration which will outline how RESTORE Act dollars from the BP oil spill will be translated into restoration projects. To make the gulf whole, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council must make a concerted …
Signed, sealed, delivered: 133,501 petitions to #makeBPpay
By Ryan Rastegar and Elizabeth Skree, Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign Today, staff from Environmental Defense Fund, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society and Earthworks hand delivered 133,501 petitions to the U.S. Department of Justice, urging them to hold BP accountable to the fullest extent of the law for the 2010 gulf oil disaster. You can see a Facebook photo album from the event by clicking the photo below. Almost three years after the BP oil disaster, the question around …
BP Oil Disaster: More than 133,000 voices for the gulf
Nearly three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, the mystery of BP’s Clean Water Act fines is about to come to a close. With a February 25 trial date looming, BP and the U.S. Department of Justice will either reach a settlement or go to trial within the next two weeks. Among its numerous violations, BP is accountable for upwards of $21 billion in civil Clean Water Act fines. Thanks to last year’s bipartisan RESTORE Act, this money will …