Latest Mississippi River Delta News: November 16, 2012
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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, …
BP Settles Deepwater Horizon Disaster Criminal Charges for $4.5 billion, Funding Headed to Louisiana for Restoration
By Scott Madere, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana This was originally posted on the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s website. Nov. 15, 2012 – BP, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have agreed on a settlement of criminal charges associated with the oil company’s negligence in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster and oil spill. BP has pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to $4.5 billion in fines, more than half of which will be …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Oil spill trustees unveil second round of early gulf restoration projects
By Whit Remer, Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund Today, Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident announced two additional early NRDA restoration projects. The NRDA Trustees include representatives from the five Gulf Coast states and four federal agencies who are charged with assessing damage to natural resources, such as marshes, sea grasses, birds, and marine mammals, caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In April 2012, the Deepwater Horizon NRDA Trustees finalized the …
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. …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 31, 2012
Restore Act, supported by Scalise, could give state billions for BP damages The Associated Press. October 26, 2012. “NEW ORLEANS – Restore Act money for the state of Louisiana could total nearly $20 billion, according to Congressman Steve Scalise, who supported the bill that gives gulf states 80 percent of the BP fines from the 2010 spill…” (Read more) Hurricane Sandy’s lessons learned reminiscent of Isaac, experts say By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). October 30, 2012. “Devastation caused …