Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 30, 2012
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BP says U.S. deal over oil spill fines no guarantee By Harry R. Weber, FuelFix. October 30, 2012. “British oil giant BP said in its third-quarter earnings report that the company is uncertain whether it will reach a settlement with the U.S. government for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the company added its quarterly profit rose more than 5 percent despite a drop in revenue due in part to lower production of oil and gas…” (Read more) …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 26, 2012
Source of new oil sheen near Deepwater Horizon site has been plugged, BP says By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). October 25, 2012. “BP announced Thursday that it has sealed a 40-foot-tall, 86-ton steel containment dome that has been leaking oil below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, causing repeated sheens near the site of the disasterous BP oil spill in 2010…” (Read more) A Multitude of Oysters? Looks Can Be Deceiving By Emma Bryce, The New York …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 25, 2012
U.S. kept photos of dead whale under wraps during spill, Greenpeace says By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). October 24, 2012. “The environmental group Greenpeace is raising new questions about why it took the federal government more than two years to release information about a dead sperm whale that was discovered during the BP oil spill…” (Read more) Project to help flow of freshwater in Attakapas Island WMA Louisiana Sportsman. October 25, 2012. “Dredging began yesterday (Oct. 24) to …
#makeBPpay National Day of Action
Our national #makeBPpay Twitter Day of Action is here! Stand with us by demanding BP pay the maximum fines for which they are liable from the 2010 gulf oil spill! Despite BP’s advertising campaigns to the contrary, the gulf is still suffering from the 2010 spill. Last week, it was announced that 565,000 pounds of oil had washed ashore during Hurricane Isaac. Earlier this month, a three-mile long sheen of oil appeared in the gulf near the Macondo well. Additionally, some …
Mississippi Flyway Fall Migration Tour touches down in St. Louis
During the months of October and November, staff from the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign will be making stops along the Mississippi River, talking with people about the importance of the Mississippi River Delta to birds migrating along the flyway this fall. In today’s post, National Audubon Society’s Sean Saville tells readers about attending the Breakfast with the Birds event in St. Louis, why the delta is important to birders there, and his vision for restoration. By Sean Saville, National …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 24, 2012
Louisiana, Alabama head to head on BP payout By John Maginnis, LaPolitics.com. October 22, 2012. “BATON ROUGE, La. — Here near the peak of both football and election seasons, it seems strange for a Louisiana senator to side with a senator from Alabama in a dispute in which Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is agreeing with President Barack Obama’s…” (Read more) Slow-moving Atchafalaya River beats Mississippi at building wetlands, new study confirms By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). October …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 23, 2012
BP must be held accountable By Chris Macaluso for The Houma (La.) Courier. October 22, 2012. “An Oct. 17 article in The Courier and Daily Comet titled “BP settlement could remove local control” detailed purported information circulated last week the U.S. Justice Department was nearing a settlement with BP over oil spill damages…” (Read more) RESTORE Act should be honored in BP negotiations Editorial, The Advertiser (Lafayette, La.). October 22, 2012. “Two years after the largest oil spill in U.S. …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 22, 2012
Make sure BP pays for all the damage it did By Larry Schweiger and David Yarnold for The Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times. October 21, 2012. “With news that an expected trial over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is being delayed until January 2013 and reports of a settlement in the works, BP is again trying to avoid paying all it owes to the Gulf of Mexico, even while netting $25.7 billion in profits in 2011. It is time for …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 19, 2012
BP Could Receive Billions Of Dollars In Tax Breaks Local 15 News. October 18, 2012. “(MOBILE, Ala.) Oil giant BP could be in the running for billions of dollars in tax breaks if a settlement with the federal government is reached…” (Read more) Southerland talks RESTORE Act to area counties By Tim Croft, The Times (Apalachicola, Fla.). October 19, 2012. “Southerland urged commissioners to be broad-based, transparent and cohesive, not only in spending the billions in BP fine money potentially …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 18, 2012
BP could reap billions of dollars in tax credits from oil spill settlement By George Talbot, The Press-Register (Mobile, Ala.). October 18, 2012. “BP, which caused the biggest environmental catastrophe ever seen on U.S. shores, may be poised to receive the biggest tax break in American history as a result of it…” (Read more) Hurricane churned up Deepwater Horizon oil “NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 18 (UPI) — Hurricane Isaac churned up about 565,000 pounds of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill …
On Clean Water Act anniversary, groups demand BP pay up for gulf oil spill
By Ryan Rastegar, Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign Coordinator Today marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Clean Water Act! In effect since October 18, 1972, this federal law prevents the releasing of toxic substances into our waters. The enforcement of this law is fundamentally important, not just to the people, wildlife and birds of the Mississippi River Delta, but to the entire country that depends on clean, healthy waters. In the summer of 2010, BP and other responsible …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 17, 2012
RESTORE Act trust fund is a grand idea Editorial, The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.). October 16, 2012. “Gov. Phil Bryant’s GoCoast 2020 Commission is considering ways to use money Mississippi will receive under the RESTORE Act. We urge the commission to pay particular attention to a recommendation by Gerald Blessey…” (Read more) New Orleans area political leaders fighting for better hurricane protection By Drew Broach, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). October 16, 2012. “Hurricane protection gained renewed focus Tuesday when five …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 16, 2012
Now is not the time to work out BP fine money split By Mike Marshall, The Press-Register (Mobile, Ala.). October 15, 2012. “Ever so quietly, deals are being cut right now to divvy up between $5 billion and $21 billion in BP fine money. And the U.S. Justice Department is doing the divvying, three weeks before an extremely tight presidential election…” (Read more) Don’t let election politics spoil RESTORE Act By J.D. Crowe, The Press-Register. October 15, 2012. “Money is …
West Bay Diversion to Remain Open
This was originally posted on the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s Coastal Currents blog. The much-debated West Bay Diversion will remain open for at least the next 10 years. That’s the word from the CWPPRA Task Force, which reversed its own 2008 decision to close the sediment diversion at its meeting on Thursday, October 12, 2012. The move keeps open one of the few land-building diversions off of the Mississippi River, allowing sediment in nearby wetlands to continue to accumulate. Researchers …
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: October 15, 2012
Task force agrees to keep West Bay project open By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). October 13, 2012. “NEW ORLEANS — A federal-state coastal restoration task force voted Wednesday to rescind its 2010 decision to close the West Bay diversion coastal restoration project in lower Plaquemines Parish…” (Read more) Coast Guard approves plan by BP and Transocean to identify source of sheen at site of Deepwater Horizon disaster By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). October 12, 2012. …