On August 16, 2018, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDW&F) quietly approved and executed an agreement with the Grand Isle Levee District to construct, operate and manage a new airport located on a narrow strip of land near Grande Isle. The airport plan, to be constructed on the Elmer’s Island property owned by the LDW&F, included redevelopment of [...]
In early 2013, a U.S. District Court approved two plea agreements resolving certain criminal cases against BP and Transocean, which arose from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. The agreements directed a total of $2.544 billion to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to fund projects benefiting the natural resources of the Gulf Coast that were impacted [...]
It is our sad reality that wells and pipelines seem to spill oil in Louisiana every few months. Many of you have asked what can be done, particularly in Hilcorp’s December spill in Lake Grand Ecaille. We spoke about the problem of proving where the oil went and what damage it would cause, and promised to look for ways to [...]
Tulane's Environment and Energy Law Society is proud to present the 24th Annual Environmental Law & Policy Summit featuring our 2020 Vision for the gulf coast and federal government. From oysters on the seabed to eye-in-the-sky SAR mapping, local experts on gulf-focused panels will examine recent cases, laws, and economic developments. National panels will include ongoing litigation about the impact of climate change, lead, [...]
The Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe (PACIT) has lived on the TerreBonne and LaFourche for centuries, and thrived on the smaller bayous in between. Over the centuries, they have survived persistent challenges with unrelenting enthusiasm for life and community. While their unique culture, language, and history is what drew WWG’s Joel “Billiot” Waltzer to embrace these first peoples in the mid-1990’s, it [...]
