A Louisiana federal judge on Monday rejected Hilcorp Energy Co.’s bid to completely escape a lawsuit in which an association of oyster fishermen accuses the oil and gas producer of dredging without a permit in violation of the Clean Water Act. The Louisiana Oysterman Association Inc., a nonprofit whose members lease or fish on oyster reefs in southeast Louisiana and [...]
[caption id="attachment_1631" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Rosina Phillips and her brother Maurice Phillips; Photographer: Scott Threkeld[/caption] Like many Louisiana coastal residents, the Native Americans of Grand Bayou have seen the landscape surrounding their community collapse over the past 50 years. The lush, freshwater wetlands and high ground that sustained them for centuries are now a ragged patchwork of crumbling salt marshes and [...]
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on February 24, 2015 at 9:12 PM, updated February 25, 2015 at 6:38 AM The Gentilly Landfill, reopened by the City of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to accept construction and demolition debris, should not have its permit renewed, leaders of several environmental organizations and local residents told a [...]
By PR Rocket on January 27, 2015 After years of litigation and negotiations, attorneys with Waltzer Wiygul & Garside today announced an $8,000,000 settlement of a class action lawsuit over ownership of property under the Gentilly Landfill in New Orleans East. Gretna, LA (PRWEB) January 27, 2015 After years of litigation and negotiations, attorneys with Waltzer Wiygul & Garside [...]
GORDON RUSSELL| GRUSSELL@THEADVOCATE.COM The city of New Orleans and the operators of a New Orleans East landfill that opened after Hurricane Katrina and quickly became the region’s busiest dump have agreed to pay $8 million to settle a long-running lawsuit with a group of people who actually own the property on which the landfill sits. The settlement agreement — [...]
