“Legacy” Report Lambasted: Economist Calls LSU Analysis in Support of Oil...
Louisiana oil companies suffered a major setback last week in their effort to restrict lawsuits brought by property owners seeking cleanup of land and groundwater contamination left behind from decades...
View ArticleFirst Criminal Charges Filed in Gulf Oil Spill: Former BP Drilling Engineer...
Federal prosecutors have arrested a former BP engineer for intentionally destroying key evidence detailing how much oil was spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from the blownout Macondo Well in the early,...
View ArticleSix Hundred Days of Blasting: Miami’s Beloved Biscayne Bay Faces Destruction...
Biscayne Bay's pristine tropical waters teem with exotic marine life from manatees to dolphins to "super corals" to environmentally critical sea grasses. Strips of mangroves and wetlands cushion the...
View ArticleToxic Oysters: Heavy Metals Have Entered Gulf Food Chain, Could Inhibit...
It's official: The BP oil spill has poisoned the iconic Gulf oyster. And the fallout, according to scientists, could be devastating to the surrounding ecosystem and the people who work the Gulf waters....
View ArticleSellout of the Century: UK’s “Greenest Ever” Olympic Games Embrace BP as...
It was billed as the "greenest Games ever." Hailed as the most environmentally friendly Olympics since the Greeks raced chariots through the streets of Athens (or some such equally ridiculous claim)....
View ArticleClock Is Ticking In Fight To Save “Legacy” Lawsuits Against Big Oil
The choice facing Louisiana lawmakers over so-called "legacy lawsuits" against oil-and-gas drillers isn't nearly as complicated it sounds. Between now and the end of their session next month,...
View ArticleThis Probably Won’t Make BP’s Next Tourism Ad: Tar Mat Off Alabama Beach
It's hard to turn on your TV these days and avoid those cloying spots for Gulf Coast tourism that BP is spending millions of dollars on -- proving that the only thing the company behind the Deepwater...
View ArticleLegacy Lawsuits: Sometimes The Smartest Action Is To Do Nothing
For weeks now I've been telling you about the mud-covered debate taking place in the Louisiana Legislature. Politicians greased to the gills by Big Oil dollars are now pushing an effort that would...
View ArticleBirds of Prey: White Pelicans in Minnesota Are Contaminated By Oil, Corexit...
Last week, many people were pained to see -- for the first time --photographs by government experts showing dead, oiled sea turtles taken in the weeks immediately after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon...
View ArticleLouisiana Isn’t Protecting Its Residents From Hazardous Chemical Spills, So...
Louisiana has richly deserved its nickname, "Sportsman's Paradise." At its best, the state's bayous, teeming with wildlife, and the once-bountiful marine environment of the Gulf of Mexico truly have...
View ArticleSummer’s Here, And There’s Something Missing From The Gulf of Mexico
Memorial Day is considered the official start of summer -- even down here on the Gulf where the mercury's been rising for some time now. It's a great holiday for hitting the beach, going camping, and...
View ArticleLouisiana’s Toothless Tiger, the DEQ, Once Again Fails a Battered Waterfront...
When government fails to work on your behalf, the consequences are all too real. And for many years, the main governmental agency tasked with protecting the fragile environment here in the Bayou State...
View ArticleTwo years and billions of dollars later, justice is elusive for charter boat...
If there's been one common thread in the 26 months since BP and its reckless behavior decimated the Gulf of Mexico, it has been people from Big Oil or the government trying to insist that the situation...
View ArticleWall Street Journal relies on debunked data to make the case for Big Oil on...
"Louisiana has had its fair share of oil troubles..." Those are the opening words of an editorial that ran in the Wall Street Journal recently, and its hard to disagree with that. While oil exploration...
View ArticleWhen the fungi strike oil: One more way that BP’s spill is still destroying...
There have been some stories recently that really confirm some of our worst fears about the aftermath of Deepwater Horizon -- about what kind of havoc would be wreaked upon the beautiful and fragile...
View ArticleThe federal government, having learned nothing from 2010 disaster, plows...
There was a report the other day that officials at my alma mater, Louisiana State University, are taking a good chunk of the money they received from the BP legal settlement and spending it on mental...
View ArticleIt’s not just oil spills: Our oceans are under more stress than they can handle
I saw on the news today that a new tropical storm is forming in the Gulf of Mexico. When you're from New Orleans, that always grabs your attention. It looks like the Crescent City will be spared --...
View ArticleShrimp contamination confirmed: Signs that the nightmare in the Gulf is not...
Unfortunately, every day seems to bring new reminders that the environmental nightmare unleashed by BP into the Gulf of Mexico in the spring of 2010 is not over. Sometimes, these things practically hit...
View ArticleTale of Two Continents: A Quest For Justice for Chinese Fisherman Harmed by...
Imagine, if you will, an oil spill that in all too many ways is very much like BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe off the Gulf Coast. A major global oil giant, partnering on a deepwater oil rig in...
View ArticleDolphin die-off in the Gulf is ignored by U.S. media, which pushes happy talk...
In the U.S. media this week, I read more happy talk about "the comeback" of the Gulf Coast, at least in the casino-drenched city of Biloxi. I had to turn to the Canadian media to read about the ongoing...
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