By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune People who participated in BP's Vessels of Opportunity program can now pursue claims for damage to their boats and possibly other grievances, even if they settled claims for economic losses from the oil spill with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, according to a letter from BP. But, BP, leaseholder of the ill-fated Macondo well, also [...]
Kiln man sues state over his beach-front property If successful, a second lawsuit filed recently could prevent the state from leasing portions of valuable beach-front lands to the City of Bay St. Louis in connection with a $17 million, tax-funded municipal marina and waterfront improvements project. The latest suit, entered on behalf of Scott M. Favre Public Adjuster LLC, of [...]
Blog - BPs Oil Drilling Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, 19 August 2011 19:11 This morning I set out on a long flight to investigate reports of oil sightings near BP’s Macondo well, the site where the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank into the Gulf killing 11 workers and spewing at least 4.9 million barrels of oil. Whenever [...]
2011 August 19 Friday Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana and Mississippi Today we flew about 500 miles over the Gulf to check out yet more reports of oil. We didn't even get to some of the places reported, because in just a few hours we had already found plenty in at least four distinct locations -- all within 75 miles of [...]
BP and its boosters say we dodged a bullet. They beat their chests and shout from the treetops that the 200-million-gallon spill off Louisiana’s coast didn’t break the back of the Gulf like all the “doomsdayers” said it would. They talk of safe seafood and booming Gulf tourism. They tell us the oil is gone, that it’s time to move [...]
Published: Monday, July 11, 2011, 12:10 AM By Nell Nolan NOLA.com Three recent events made "toast, " heritage, and art the activity. Daniel Erath DANIEL ERATH / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Bobby Hebert Golf tournament to benefit Cystic Fibrosis. Archie Manning, Joan Hebert, T-Bob Hebert. Thursday June 2, 2011. Bobby Hebert Golf gallery (3 photos) The Hilton Riverside was the site for [...]
