VIDEO: 3 Years Later, Make BP Pay
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On April 20, 2010, 11 people lost their lives and the biggest environmental disaster in our nation’s history began. Three years later, BP’s oil is still here, and it continues to impact the people, places and wildlife of the Gulf. On April 20, 2013, to mark three years of BP’s ongoing disaster, local groups and citizens gathered to memorialize all that has been lost, call out BP for the ongoing effects of the spill, and take a stand to fight …
$320 Million of BP Money Released for Barrier Island Restoration in Louisiana
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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 $320 Million of BP Money Released for Barrier Island Restoration in Louisiana Early Natural Resource Damage Assessment funding will restore areas hurt by Gulf oil disaster (Lafitte, LA—April 30, 2013) Today, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced that BP has agreed to fund approximately $320 million in barrier island restoration projects in Louisiana. This funding …
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 …
Special to CNN: Make BP pay to restore Gulf
This story was originally posted on CNN. By David Yarnold, President, National Audubon Society Special to CNN Updated 8:01 AM EST, Tue March 5, 2013 (CNN) — BP showed up in court last week, finally, nearly three years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the hell it unleashed on the Gulf Coast. It’s a huge, high-stakes trial, and BP is taking the beating it’s earned. Here’s what’s at stake for America if there is a judgment: potentially tens of billions of dollars that …
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 …
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 …
Restoration Council Starts Critical Conversation with “Path Forward”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, eskree@edf.org David Ringer, National Audubon Society, 212.979.3062, dringer@audubon.org Lacey McCormick, National Wildlife Federation, 512.203.3016, mccormick@nwf.org Heather Layman, The Nature Conservancy, 703.841.3929, hlayman@tnc.org Shelley Sparks, Ocean Conservancy, 504.616.9150, ssparks@oceanconservancy.org Restoration Council Starts Critical Conversation with “Path Forward” Draft plan clearly commits at least 30 percent of RESTORE funds to Gulf ecosystems (WASHINGTON—January 29, 2013) Today, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released its proposed path forward for restoring the Gulf of Mexico following the …
Gulf Restoration Groups Praise Historic Settlement for Oil Spill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gulf Restoration Groups Praise Historic Settlement for Oil Spill Transocean penalties a step forward for unprecedented restoration efforts (WASHINGTON, DC) Gulf restoration and economic development groups lauded the announcement today from the Department of Justice that it has reached an historic settlement with Transocean for its role in the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Today’s $1.4 billion settlement will be paid under the Clean Water Act for civil and criminal penalties. A significant portion of those funds will …
Duck Commander Urges Restoration of Mississippi River Delta's Imperiled Wetlands
This release was originally posted by Vanishing Paradise. By Chris Macaluso, Louisiana Wildlife Federation Duck Commander, a world-leader in the manufacture of duck calls and waterfowl hunting equipment and the company featured in the A&E television program “Duck Dynasty,” recently added its name to a list of more than 800 businesses and organizations to sign a letter urging Congress to support the restoration of the Mississippi River Delta’s imperiled wetlands. The letter is part of the Vanishing Paradise campaign’s efforts …
Nominations Sought For Top State Conservation Awards
(November 30, 2012 – BATON ROUGE, LA) The Louisiana Wildlife Federation (LWF) is accepting nominations for the 49th Governor’s State Conservation Achievement Awards. The program recognizes those persons and organizations making outstanding contributions to the natural resource welfare and environmental quality of the community, parish and state. There are eight award categories for which nominations can be made. They are: professional; volunteer; business; educator; youth; elected official; communications and organization. Nominations will be accepted until January 21, 2013. The awards …
LPB TV and the BP Oil Disaster: “Louisiana: The State We’re In”
Last Friday on Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s (LPB) “Louisiana: The State We’re In,” panelists representing impacted families, state communities and the environment discussed the recent Department of Justice announcement of an unprecedented $4.5 billion BP criminal case settlement for BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, plus ongoing impacts and restoration needs. Panelists included: Keith Jones, whose son was among the eleven killed in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion; Melanie Driscoll, Director of Bird Conservation for the National Audubon Society’s Mississippi Flyway and Gulf of Mexico; and …
Environmental Groups Praise Historic Criminal Settlement
CONTACTS: 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 Scott Madere, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, 225.767.4181, scottm@crcl.org John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin, 604.421.7348, johnlopez@pobox.com Environmental Groups Praise Historic Criminal Settlement Using BP criminal penalties for restoration a step forward to unprecedented civil fines Leading conservation groups praised the Department of Justice for reaching a historic $4.5 billion settlement on the criminal charges stemming from the 2010 BP oil disaster. This settlement will send $1.2 billion to coastal Louisiana restoration projects with an …
Video: Postcards from New Orleans: Hope for the Northeast
By Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund If anyone can sympathize with the Northeast as it recovers from Hurricane Sandy, it’s the residents of New Orleans. I found this out firsthand on recent trip to Louisiana. httpv://youtu.be/mLuI4g00WAE While Hurricane Sandy battered the Northeast, I was in South Louisiana with Environmental Defense Fund’s Creative Director, Nicole Possin, working on a video about wetlands restoration in the Mississippi River Delta. We’d planned the trip long before we knew about Sandy, and the irony …
Statement: New BP Oil Slick Proof That 2010 Oil Spill is Not Over
Contacts: Elizabeth Skree, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, eskree@edf.org Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, guidrye@nwf.org Kevin Chandler, National Audubon Society, 202.596.0960, kchandler@audubon.org New BP Oil Slick Proof That 2010 Oil Spill is Not Over BP must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law, groups say (Washington, D.C.—October 11, 2012) Today, a three-mile oil slick that was detected in the gulf last month was confirmed as oil from the 2010 gulf oil disaster. The slick illustrates that …