Latest Mississippi River Delta News: August 1, 2013
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2013 Hurricane Season: Where do we stand? By Jay Grymes. WAFB (Baton Rouge, La.). July 31, 2013. “BATON ROUGE, LA – So far, so good. But a quick review of the 2013 season through the end of July shows that the tropics are off to a relatively busy start in the Atlantic Basin, supporting the pre-season consensus projections for another busy Atlantic Hurricane Season. Two storms have already visited the Gulf — T.S. Andrea and T.S Barry…” (Read more). Halliburton …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 31, 2013
Louisiana’s Disappearing Islands The Weather Channel. July 31, 2013. “A string of uninhabited islands in the Gulf of Mexico have gone from teeming with wildlife to nearly non-existent thanks to constant pummeling from tropical systems, and according to some scientists, climate change is making matters far worse. Restoration efforts on the books to save the Chandeleur Islands, a 50-mile trail of atolls just off…” (Read more). Coastal restoration underway near Myrtle Grove in Plaquemines Parish By Amy Wold. The Advocate …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 30, 2013
BP Says Spill Fund Is Running on Fumes By Selina Williams. The Wall Street Journal. July 30, 2013. “LONDON—BP BP.LN -3.28% PLC said Tuesday that the $20 billion fund it set up to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will soon run out, as compensation claims have accelerated despite legal efforts from the company to halt what it claims are excessive payouts…” (Read more). Lift hold on clients’ Gulf oil spill claims payments, law firm urges judge By Mark Schleifstein. …
BP private claims appeal and ongoing litigation: What does it mean?
By Mordechai Treiger and Will Lindsey, Environmental Defense Fund Three years after the Macondo oil well was capped off the coast of Louisiana, BP is still making headlines as it works to resolve legal claims stemming from the incident. As legal interns who have spent the past ten weeks working every day on issues related to the oil spill, even we sometimes find BP’s various legal obligations somewhat confusing. So we put together this brief outline to help ourselves keep …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: July 29, 2013
BP mounts heavy media campaign as judge weighs spill case By Harry R. Weber, FuelFix. July 29, 2013. “BP’s unrelenting attacks against how the Gulf oil spill civil settlement it agreed to is being handled aims to win over the public, but the strategy risks antagonizing a key constituent who is following every word — the federal judge overseeing the case…” (read more) With levee authority lawsuit, state can’t keep ignoring petroleum-related damage to marshes: Len Bahr By Contributing Op-Ed …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 26, 2013
Gulf oil spill: Halliburton to plead guilty to destroying evidence By Stephen Mufson. The Guardian. July 26, 2013. “Halliburton has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US department of justice said on Thursday. The government said Halliburton’s guilty plea was the third by a company over the spill and would require the world’s second-largest oilfield services company to pay a maximum US$200,000 statutory fine…” (Read more). ‘Jackpot justice’ is …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 25, 2013
Gulf of Mexico natural gas well stops flowing gas and fire is subsiding By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch. The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.). July 25, 2013. “The leaking natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico has stopped flowing, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed on Thursday morning. The fire has decreased to a small flame fueled by residual gas at the top of the well, the agencies reported…” (Read more). Our Views: Suit raises big questions Opinion by The …
Even after three years we can’t fully quantify the BP disaster damage
This was originally posted on the EDF Voices blog. By Douglas Rader, Chief Oceans Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund The third anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout seems a good time to take stock of the damage done to the Gulf of Mexico, and to look to its future. The drill rig sank in about a mile of water on April 22, 2010, Earth Day, spewing more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf. It took almost a hundred days …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 24, 2013
Gulf Gas Leak: Fire Breaks Out On Evacuated Drilling Rig By Kevin McGill. Associated Press. July 24, 2013. “NEW ORLEANS — An out-of-control natural gas well off the Louisiana coast continued to burn Wednesday after it caught fire following a blowout that prompted the evacuation of 44 workers, authorities said. Meanwhile, officials stressed that Tuesday’s blowout wouldn’t be close to as damaging…” (Read more). Louisiana Agency to Sue Energy Companies for Wetland Damage By John Schwartz. The New York Times. …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 23, 2013
Pump station to reduce risk south of Oakville By Terri Sercovich. The Plaquemines Gazette (Plaquemines, La.). July 22, 2013. “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District recently awarded a $29.5 million contract to Phylway Construction, of Thibodaux, to construct a new pump station with fronting protection features at the existing Wilkinson Canal Pump Station located near Myrtle Grove. This is the fifth New Orleans to Venice (NOV) / Non-Federal Levee (NFL)…” (Read more). Deepwater Horizon and Deep South justice Opinion …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 22, 2013
Tourism Officials Support White House Plan To Fight Climate Change By Eileen Fleming. WWNO 89.9 (New Orleans, La.). July 22, 2013. “New Orleans tourism officials kicked off a national bus tour scheduled to stop in regions most at risk from climate change. Those officials are linking jobs and coastal restoration. Mark Romig heads the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation. He and others spoke in front…” (Read more). Resilient Grand Isle frets over its future as population falls, insurance costs rise By Andrea …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 19, 2013
The Gulf’s Suffering Continues, So Should BP’s Payments Opinion by Kathleen Koch. U.S. News & World Report. July 19, 2013. “It’s hard to miss the commercials that bombard television viewers, showing cheerful scenes of the Gulf Coast and assuring everyone that oil giant British Petroleum’s “commitment to the Gulf and to America has never been stronger.” Yet today BP appears before a federal judge…” (Read more). Corps of Engineers moves closer to decision on how to ‘armor’ New Orleans area …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 18, 2013
State says Coast Guard won’t make BP clean up oil from Grand Terre’s Fort Livingston By Mark Schleifstein. The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.). July 18, 2013. “Frustrations with the dwindling response of BP and the U.S. Coast Guard to environmental and safety complaints about the removal of oil and cleanup equipment used during BP’s Gulf oil spill in April 2010 bubbled to the surface again at Wednesday’s monthly meeting…” (Read more). La. seeks $68 million for coastal restoration By Amy Wold. The Advocate (Baton …
Profiles in Coastal Restoration: HESCO Bastion
By Will Lindsey, Environmental Defense Fund Louisiana-based company HESCO Bastion Environmental, Inc. is at the forefront of business innovations in response to the growing market for coastal restoration projects. Finding new uses for established products, the company is now involved in creating artificial oyster reefs and protective structures for wetlands. This arena of work is expected to expand and create more jobs in coastal communities as the RESTORE Act funds and other monies from the BP oil spill begin to …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 17, 2013
Rebuilding Louisiana’s lines of defense By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board (New Orleans, La.). July 17, 2013. “Reversing erosion on Louisiana’s barrier islands is integral to protecting our communities from storm surge. So, the addition of more than 1,350 acres of beaches and dunes at Scofield, Pelican and Shell islands is encouraging. ‘The reason this is so important, this is our first line of defense…’” (Read more). Report links La. ecosystem and economy By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). July …