Dozens of oystermen and coastal residents spoke out at a public hearing Thursday night, arguing that the state shouldn’t grant an oil and gas company a permit to dredge wetlands around a drilling site near Port Sulfur. But they can’t stop Hilcorp Energy Co. of Houston from dredging. The company already cut the channel back […]
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Hilcorp Can’t Beat La. Fishermen’s Clean Water Act Claims
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 […]
‘High risk’ Native American village on Grand Bayou wants government help to stay as land disappears
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 expanding lagoons. But unlike some other communities, the village’s […]
Waltzer Wiygul & Garside Receives Vietnamese-American Community in Louisiana Award
This month, Waltzer Wiygul & Garside was awarded the 2015-2016 Vietnamese-American Community in Louisiana Award. The plaque represents the Community’s highest appreciation for the firm’s ongoing service to the Vietnamese community, including the work the firm does representing local businesses and offshore fishermen. Waltzer Wiygul & Garside are honored and humbled to receive the recognition.
CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE: One Voice Can Change the World
(CLICK HEADING FOR FULL ARTICLE.) Congratulations, Byron! Byron Encalade Byron Encalade is President of the Louisiana Oysterman Association. He engages in harvesting seafood, oysters and shrimp and in transporting seafood along the gulf coast states. He is currently serving as Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Constable 3rd Ward, and as an American Legion Post 430 Judge Advocate. […]
Final BP seafood payments a milestone for settlement
http://www.wwltv.com/news/final-bp-seafood-payments-milestone-for-settlement/327729359 NEW ORLEANS — BP’s oil spill settlement with private individuals and businesses hit a major milestone this week as the court-appointed claims administrator announced the final round of payments to those most directly affected by the 2010 disaster, fishermen and seafood businesses. The third and last round of payments in the settlement’s $2.3 billion […]
Amid latest oil spill, Hilcorp Energy targeted by oyster growers
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Email the author | Follow on Twitter on July 29, 2016 at 10:51 AM, updated July 29, 2016 at 11:29 AM Even as Hilcorp Energy Co. works to clean up a spill of as much as 4,200 gallons of oil in the Plaquemines Parish marsh, the company is […]
Opinion & Order: Court Blocks use of BP Restoration Funds in AL
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Court blocks use of BP restoration funds for Gulf State Park conference center
By Dennis Pillion | dpillion@al.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on February 16, 2016 at 4:03 PM, updated February 16, 2016 at 5:19 PM A federal judge has blocked the use of certain BP restoration funds stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from being used to rebuild a beachfront lodge and conference center on the Alabama coast. […]
Dispute over use of oil spill funds gets hearing in federal court
Posted: Jan 26, 2016 3:52 PM CST Updated: Jan 26, 2016 5:59 PM CST By Renee Dials, FOX10 News Anchor MOBILE, AL (WALA) – The state of Alabama wants to build a new hotel and conference center at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, and officials want to use BP restoration money to do it. An environmental group […]
