Louisiana Public Broadcasting Presents: "Louisiana Coastal Concerns: BP & Beyond"
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From CWPPRA Newsflash: What are viable strategies for addressing our coastal erosion in light of sea level rise, subsidence, hurricanes and oil spills? The Deepwater Horizon oil spill dumped nearly five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, with Louisiana’s coast receiving the greatest percentage of direct ecological damage. Three years later, a civil trial is taking place to determine the financial liability of BP and three other companies for the impact to the five Gulf states. Eighty …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 23, 2013
Mississippi River to crest below flood stage in Vicksburg By Greg Hilburn, Gannett. April 22, 2013. “Though some communities in Illinois and Missouri are fighting floodwaters from the Mississippi River, it’s expected to crest below flood stage throughout most of Louisiana…” (Read more) DEO bill would re-route oil spill fine dollars from 8 Gulf counties By Bruce Ritchie, The Florida Current. April 22, 2013. “A proposed amendment to a Senate bill dealing with the Department of Economic Opportunity would remove …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 22, 2013
Deepwater Horizon: Surviving the oil spill – interactive video BBC News. April 18, 2013. “Three years on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which devastated the Gulf Coast of the US, the residents of Grand Isle, Louisiana, are still living with the effects of the disaster…” (Read more) Congress needs to hold the corps accountable: Editorial The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). April 21, 2013. “U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval spoke for South Louisiana residents last week when he expressed frustration that …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 19, 2013
Gulf Spill Cleanup Continues 3 Years Later, Full Impact Not Yet Known By Stacey Plaisance and Janet McConnaughey, The Associated Press. April 19, 2013. “BAY JIMMY, La. (AP) — At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. Brown pelicans and seagulls cruise the shoreline, plucking fish and crabs from the water. Snails hold firm to tall blades of marsh grass…” (Read more) Gulf Coast …
Job Opening: Volunteer Coordinator, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
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 …
Tagged EconomicsStill Not Over: Three years later
Saturday, April 20 marks three years since the start of the BP oil disaster. Three years since the explosion that left 11 men dead and spewed 4.1 million barrels of oils into the Gulf of Mexico. Though time has passed, the spill’s effects are still unfolding. Researchers continue to monitor conditions on the ground. The new science continuing to come out demonstrates that the disaster’s effects won’t be fully known for years. The legal proceedings continue, too. Just this week, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 18, 2013
BP oil spill trial continues as demonstrators note upcoming 3-year anniversary of disaster By Richard Thompson, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). April 16, 2013. “A former Transocean executive testified Tuesday (April 16) that a key piece of equipment intended to shut down BP’s Macondo oil well in an emergency would have succeeded if its automatic mode function had worked…” (Read more) First phase of BP spill trial comes to an end Reuters. April 17, 2013. “(Reuters) – The first phase of …
The BP Oil Disaster: #3YearsLater
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 …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 15, 2013
Waiting for BP’s pot of gold By J. Earle Bowden, The Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal. April 13, 2013. “We appear in a long waiting uncertainty, the BP bonanza and our new, juiced-up future penciled in somewhere on the long calendar of time. Yet, brightness on the horizon: super bucks in 80 percent of federal fines anticipated and allotted by Congress to coastal counties from RESTORE – Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunity and Revived Economies of the Gulf States Act …
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 …
BP Trial Update, Week Seven: BP begins its defense
By Whit Remer, Environmental Defense Fund Yesterday concluded the seventh week of trial for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. The week began on Monday with the first day of BP’s formal defense as operator of the troubled oil rig. As in all legal trials, the plaintiffs presented their case first, which was followed by defense teams from Halliburton, Transocean and now BP. In the first six weeks, the federal government and other parties presented evidence demonstrating that BP officials …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 12, 2013
Electrical engineer says dead battery, miswired switch caused BP Macondo well blowout preventer to fail By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). April 11, 2013. “A New Orleans electrical engineer testified Thursday that a miswired solenoid switch and a dead battery resulted in the pods not being able to cause shears to cut off the flow of gas on the day BP’s Macondo well blew out, resulting in the explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig…” (Read more) …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 11, 2013
Neil Shaw, BP Executive, Takes The Witness Stand In Gulf Spill Trial By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press. April 9, 2013. “NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP executive who oversaw the company’s Gulf of Mexico operations testified Tuesday that he he led a push to improve safety when he started the job more than two years before an April 2010 rig explosion killed 11 workers and led to the nation’s worst offshore oil spill…” (Read more) New science shows Mississippi …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 10, 2013
As 3rd anniversary of BP oil spill nears, wetlands’ restoration advocated By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). April 9, 2013. “As the third anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill nears, a marshy patch along the northern edge of Bay Jimmy in Plaquemines Parish is significantly smaller than it was just one year ago. Scientists say that while the oil spill destroyed or damaged many wetlands along the southeastern Louisiana coast, Hurricane Isaac then wiped large swaths of …