Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 28, 2012
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BP Appears in Court to Enter Criminal Plea Over Spill By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Allen Johnson Jr., Bloomberg News. November 27, 2012. “BP Plc (BP/) appeared in federal court in New Orleans to answer U.S. charges brought over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, entering a not guilty plea that won’t affect its $4 billion criminal settlement with the U.S…” (Read more) In BP oil spill, two drilling veterans scapegoated, attorneys say By Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post. …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 27, 2012
Senator Landrieu Backs Civil Settlement With BP By Eileen Fleming, WWNO (New Orleans). November 26, 2012. “With the BP criminal settlement over the 2010 oil spill now pending a judge’s approval, talks are heating up to reach a deal on civil Clean Water Act fines. U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu is hoping they’re successful…” (Read more) Texas still waiting for $100M in restoration funds from BP oil spill By Kate Galbraith, The Texas Tribune. November 27, 2012. “AUSTIN — Texas has …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 26, 2012
To Hurricane Sandy victims New Orleans sends its love: Editorial The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). November 23, 2012. “The rest of this country – and indeed the whole world – opened its heart to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and its accompanying levee breaks submerged us…” (Read more) How felony pleas could work against BP in other cases By Loren Steffy, The Houston Chronicle. November 16, 2012. “While BP’s criminal settlement in the Deepwater Horizon case was unprecedented, what it didn’t …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 20, 2012
BP’s Settlement Is Only the Beginning of the End of the Gulf Oil Spill By Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine. November 16, 2012. “All the oil has been cleaned up or has evaporated from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico—well, nearly all of it—while the spill itself seems to have receded into memory, something that transfixed us for months but which is now little more than grist for an episode of the Newsroom…” (Read more) BP spills green Editorial, The …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 19, 2012
BP Spill Settlement Is $2.4 Billion Windfall for Wildlife By Mark Drajem, Bloomberg News. November 18, 2012. “Oil was still gushing from BP Plc (BP/)’s Macondo well in 2010 when a little-known non-profit rushed to establish a new resting area for more than 1 billion migratory birds that stop each year at the Gulf of Mexico…” (Read more) Gulf Coast States at Odds on Penalties for Oil Spill By Campbell Robertson, The New York Times. November 16, 2012. “NEW ORLEANS …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 16, 2012
Criminality in the Gulf Spill Editorial, The New York Times. November 15, 2012. “Two and a half years after the massive gulf oil spill, BP has agreed to plead guilty to 14 criminal charges brought by the Justice Department and cough up $4.5 billion in fines and other payments…” (Read more) BP Will Plead Guilty and Pay Over $4 Billion By Clifford Krauss and John Schwartz, The New York Times. November 15, 2012. “HOUSTON — BP, the British oil company, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 15, 2012
BP Says in Talks to Settle Gulf Oil Spill Criminal Claims By Brian Swint and Margaret Cronin Fisk, Bloomberg News. November 15, 2012. “BP Plc (BP/), the owner of the Macondo well that in 2010 caused the worst U.S. oil spill, said it’s in talks with the government on resolutions to all criminal claims against the company…” (Read more) BP Oil Spill Settlement: Fine For Deepwater Horizon Disaster May Be Largest Criminal Penalty In U.S. History By Chris Baltimore and …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: November 14, 2012
Restore Act would create jobs By Nikki Buskey, Houma Courier (Houma, La.). Nov. 13, 2012. “With billions of dollars in oil spill fines set to pay for restoration projects in the coming decade, local environmental and industry officials say the money could have a big impact on south Louisiana’s economy…” (Read more) Forum: Prepare for river shift By Amy Wold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate. Nov. 14, 2012. “The mouth of the Mississippi River is moving north, and unless preparations are …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: November 13, 2012
David Vitter ready for top GOP environment panel job By Erica Martinson, Politico. Nov. 13, 2012. “Sens. David Vitter and Barbara Boxer have something in common. At least that’s what the conservative Louisiana senator hopes as he prepares to takes over the top Republican slot on the Environment and Public Works Committee…” (Read more) OPINION: We need to keep the money at home in La. By U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, The Houma Courier (Houma, La.). Nov. 13, 2012. “When slow-moving …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 8, 2012
Louisiana agencies get $16 million in BP funds for tourism, seafood promotion By Richard Thompson, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). November 7, 2012. “More than 100 nonprofit organizations and government entities will share almost $44 million in BP funds to promote Gulf Coast tourism and the seafood industries impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the court-appointed oil-spill claims administrator said Wednesday…” (Read more)
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 7, 2012
2 more BP spill early restoration projects gain preliminary approval By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). November 6, 2012. “Two projects to restore nesting areas for shorebirds and sea turtles in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, totaling $9 million, have received preliminary approval from federal and state trustees for the BP oil spill, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Tuesday. BP will pay for the projects from a $1 billion fund the company has set aside …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 6, 2012
Community Impact Series: Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana By Ian McNulty, WWNO (New Orleans). November 6, 2012. “The Louisiana coast nurtures one of the world’s great fisheries, it supports immense shipping and chemical industries and it’s the linchpin for our region’s cultural identity…” (Read more) Elmer’s Island remains closed due to oil The Associated Press. November 6, 2012. “ELMER’S ISLAND, La. (AP) – Elmer’s Island, the public beachfront on the Gulf of Mexico near Grand Isle, is still closed two …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 5, 2012
How Cities Plan to Keep the Sea at Bay in an Age of Climate Change By Christopher F. Schuetze, The New York Times. November 5, 2012. “Hurricane Sandy was bad. Now imagine a near-future that is markedly worst, where storms are not only more vicious and more frequent, but ocean levels are higher too…” (Read more) Shannon Nickinson: The queen’s pre-Election Day decrees The Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal. November 4, 20112. “Try out these decrees from your queen for a …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 2, 2012
Cattle rancher crusades to save coastal project By John Snell, WVUE-TV. November 1, 2012. “Venice, La. — Earl Armstrong walks through a one-year-old forest not far from the mouth of the Mississippi River, showing off some of the newest land in Louisiana…” (Read more) In a Flood-Troubled City, a Refreshing Argument About Climate Change By Jim Dwyer, The New York Times. November 1, 2012. “In the Roaring ’20s, when Nick Carraway came to life in the pages of “The Great …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 1, 2012
Bonner still fighting for BP payments By Congressman Jo Bonner for the Atmore (Ala.) News. November 1, 2012. “Last Friday, I introduced legislation in the House to prevent Deepwater Horizon-polluters from deducting hundreds of millions of dollars from their tax bill for any compensatory payments made in connection with their role in the 2010 spill…” (Read more) Bill to kill BP tax breaks backed by Ala. congressman and Rep. Jeff Miller By Mary Orndorff Troyan, The Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal. …