Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 3, 2013
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La. lawmaker seeks to dedicate BP Clean Water Act fines for coastal restoration By Kyle Barnett, Legal Newsline. April 3, 2013. “BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A pre-filed bill in the House of Representatives by Rep. Simone Champagne (R–Jeanerette) would allow voters to decide on a constitutional amendment that would dedicate Clean Water Act fines from the 2010 BP oil spill to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund…” (Read more) Gulf Of Mexico Dolphin Deaths Point To Continued Effects …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 2, 2013
Gulf oil spill trial set to resume Tuesday The Associated Press. April 2, 2013. “NEW ORLEANS — A trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster is scheduled to resume Tuesday with testimony expected from Halliburton employee Jesse Gagliano, who was on the rig at the time of the April 2010 explosion…” (Read more) Flood insurance price hikes will devastate coastal homeowners Editorial, The Bradenton (Fla.) Herald. April 2, 2013. “Hurricane Katrina is not done with us yet. It, along with …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 1, 2013
Natural river diversion at ‘Mardi Gras Pass’ gains support from political, commercial interests By Bob Marshall, The Lens (New Orleans). March 27, 2013. “Mardi Gras Pass, which seemed destined for closure a week ago, may have caught a chance at new life…” (Read more) Plaquemines after Hurricane Isaac: Elevation heights, escalating insurance, leave nowhere to run By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). March 29, 2013. “Many Plaquemines residents have no choice but to stay in flood prone areas with …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 29, 2013
Funds to restore the Gulf Editorial, The Houston Chronicle. March 27, 2013. “In the next several weeks the heady whiff of money blowing in on a Gulf Coast breeze will have cities, counties and the state of Texas itself dreaming ambitious dreams. The source of the money is the state’s share of fines and penalties from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, possibly as much as $1.1 billion…” (Read more) Water legislation is expected to pass, but fate of Louisiana projects …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 28, 2013
Research shows Caernarvon Diversion aids area fisheries By Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune. March 26, 2013. “If a giant meteor hurtled through our atmosphere and landed squarely on the Caernarvon Diversion, entirely clogging the outfall canal, there’s a group of anglers who wouldn’t shed a single tear. In fact, they may be praying for just such a thing at this very moment…” (Read more) Caernarvon Diversion moving fish and killing marsh, anglers say By Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). March …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 27, 2013
BP contractor denies destroying US trial evidence The Associated Press. March 26, 2013. “NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP’s cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in 2010 and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history said its recent discovery of missing cement samples was the result of a “simple misunderstanding,” not an attempt to withhold crucial evidence…” (Read more) Transocean Exec Says Deepwater Horizon Was in ‘Good Condition’ By Josh Crank, Lawyers.com. March 26, 2013. “An executive …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 26, 2013
Rig worker: Training saved lives after BP blowout The Associated Press. March 25, 2013. “NEW ORLEANS — A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified Monday that he believes the rig crew’s emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered the nation’s worst offshore oil spill…” (Read more) Comprehensive environmental study of post-Katrina levees subject of Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on Tuesday By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 25, 2013
We must get BP settlement structure right By Sen. David Vitter for The Hill. March 22, 2013. “Tragically, 11 men lost their lives on April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon oil platform burst into flames. We continued to feel the tragic effects of that across southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast as the oil flowed from the well in astounding quantities for months, and significant environmental damage and economic devastation followed…” (Read more) BP Asks Court to Sanction Halliburton …
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, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 20, 2013
Steven Newman, Transocean President And CEO, To Testify AT Gulf Oil Spill Trial By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press. March 19, 2013. “NEW ORLEANS — Transocean employees should have done more to detect signs of trouble before the company’s drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, Transocean’s chief executive testified Tuesday…” (Read more) Mandeville coastal restoration project triggers heated discussion before City Council By Kim Chatelain, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 19, 2013
BP loses motion to dismiss gross negligence that could trigger US$17.6B in fines in spill trial By Allen Johnson Jr. and Margaret Cronin Fisk, Bloomberg News. March 18, 2013. “BP Plc lost a motion to dismiss the issue of a potential finding of gross negligence, which could trigger fines as much as US$17.6-billion, in the trial over its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill…” (Read more) Companies Begin Defense in Gulf Oil Spill Trial The Associated Press. …
Memo to BP: End the blame game, restore the gulf
This was originally posted by the National Wildlife Federation. By Sara Gonzalez-Rothi Kronenthal, National Wildlife Federation It took BP 87 days to cap the well gushing from a mile beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, in an area known as the Macondo prospect. For months, BP shirked responsibility, hiding the flow-rate from government officials, shareholders and the American people. It has taken plaintiffs’ lawyers representing federal, state, and private interests just three weeks to present evidence that BP’s actions constitute gross …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 18, 2013
BP Loses Bid to Dismiss Gross Negligence in Spill Trial By Allen Johnson Jr. and Margaret Cronin Fisk, Bloomberg News. March 18, 2013. “BP Plc (BP/) lost a motion to dismiss the issue of a potential finding of gross negligence, which could trigger fines as much as $17.6 billion, in the trial over its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill…” (Read more) Defense starts for companies in Gulf oil spill civil trial The Associated Press. March 18, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: March 15, 2013
‘Adaptive management’ needed for coastal restoration projects By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). March 14, 2013. “As Louisiana moves forward with projects included in the coastal restoration and protection master plan, not everything is going to have the predicted results or work as well as was intended, speakers said Thursday at a panel put together by a not-for-profit research institute…” (Read more) BP contractor finds cement samples mid-trial WDSU News. March 14, 2013. “NEW ORLEANS —A lawyer for …