Published: Monday, September 10, 2012, 8:00 PM By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune Add the states of Louisiana and Mississippi and an organization representing fishers to the list of those objecting to a proposed $7.8 billion settlement of private claims against BP for damage caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, in a brief [...]
Sierra Club attorney Robert Wiygul, questioning employees of the Mississippi Development Authority at the first hearing on a lawsuit by the Gulf Restoration Network and the Sierra Club filed over the Mississippi Development Authority's proposed rules for oil and gas seismic testing, drilling and production in the Mississippi waters, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, in Jackson, Miss. Wiygul argues the [...]
Published: Wednesday, August 08, 2012, 11:59 PM By The Associated Press Opponents say Mississippi officials stacked the deck in favor of offshore natural gas drilling when they wrote rules to allow it. Sierra Club attorney Robert Wiygul questioned employees of the Mississippi Development Authority at a hearing Wednesday. He argued the state was biased in favor of allowing drilling, when [...]
By Jeff Amy on August 08, 2012 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opponents say Mississippi officials stacked the deck in favor of offshore natural gas drilling when they wrote rules to allow it. Sierra Club attorney Robert Wiygul questioned employees of the Mississippi Development Authority at a hearing Wednesday. He argued the state was biased in favor of allowing drilling, [...]
Written by: Allison Braxton New Orleans, LA -- It's been more than two years since the B.P. Oil Spill. The frustration among Louisiana's commercial fishermen is mounting. Today, The Gulf Organized Fisheries in Solidarity and Hope or "GO FISH" coalition organized a community conference to find out what's next in the B.P. Oil Spill settlement process. GO FISH addressed [...]
Published by Rhonda Miller on 02 May 2012 07:23pm A federal judge in New Orleans granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a proposed settlement of $7.8 billion in BP oil spill claims. MPB’s Rhonda Miller reports the decision affects thousands of Mississippi residents and businesses. Standing on the porch of his Ocean Springs home, fisherman Anthony Pizzi says he has not [...]
