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: Wednesday, July 06, 2011, 7:56 AM Time may be the most implacable enemy Louisiana faces in its struggle to save its eroding coastline, and that's why the state cannot afford delays in critical restoration projects, like those aimed at the Caminada shoreline and Shell Island. KARI DEQUINE / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Through a collaboration of non-profits and the Louisiana Department [...]
Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011, 4:30 AM The Army Corps of Engineers has finally unveiled a long-awaited $446 million plan to rebuild the Caminada shoreline south of Port Fourchon and the mostly disappeared Shell Island to the east of Grand Isle. View full sizeIt calls for a radically different approach to coastal restoration, one that involves using sand deposits miles [...]
By WES HELBLING North Ouachita Weekly News Posted Jun 23, 2011 @ 01:33 PM Sterlington, La. — More than a year after a suit was filed in the Third Judicial District Court against the USA Speedway, a hearing in the case is slated for August 29. New Orleans attorney Clay Garside filed the original petition for damages and permanent injunction [...]
wwltv.com Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:30 PM Updated yesterday at 6:44 PM Bill Capo / Eyewitness News SHIP ISLAND, Ms. -- For boatloads of people, getting away from it all means a visit to Ship Island, enjoying the sand and surf 11 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico from Gulfport. Packed ferries this summer are good news [...]
By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune In a blow to environmental advocacy groups, U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier dismissed all environmental law claims by third-party organizations Thursday in the consolidated litigation over last year's oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that they don't have standing because the oil has stopped and the responsible parties are cleaning [...]
