By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS (USA TODAY) — The stories soon to unfold in a federal courtroom here are just the beginning of one of the biggest environmental cases in U.S. history: the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and its multibillion-dollar impact on the Gulf Coast and its people. With record-breaking penalties and the ecological and [...]
By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) - With billions of dollars at stake, the trial over the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history was pushed back a week as settlement talks between BP and oil spill plaintiffs' attorneys continued. The trial had been set to open today, Monday, but was rescheduled to begin in a week, on Monday, March 5. [...]
By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press – 1 day ago NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On the cusp of trial over the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, phalanxes of lawyers, executives and public officials have spent the waning days in settlement talks. Holed up in small groups inside law offices, war rooms and hotel suites in New Orleans [...]
By: | Associated Press Published: February 15, 2012 Updated: February 15, 2012 - 10:26 AM » 0 Comments | Post a Comment GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) The Sierra Club and other members of the 12 Miles South Coalition say Mississippi is rushing toward drilling in state waters without addressing concerns about tourism, the environment or economics. The group tells The Sun [...]
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 7:14 PM CST Updated: Feb 11, 2012 11:05 AM CST By Jeff Lawson Video Gallery 85% of people at public meetings oppose gas drilling BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - It would appear a lot of people want don't want oil and gas drilling rigs in state waters. This week, the Mississippi Development Authority released the results of [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: December 15,2011 KEMPER COUNTY CLEAN COAL PLANT HEARD BEFORE STATE SUPREME COURT JACKSON — Three Mississippi Supreme Court justices say that so far, they can’t find the evidence that state regulators used to justify their decision to allow Mississippi Power Company to build a $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction in Kemper County. If the [...]
