Sun Herald: Judge tosses MDA’s offshore drilling plans for South Mississippi

June 20, 2014

http://www.sunherald.com/2014/06/19/5658910/offshore-drilling-in-state-waters.html Biloxi, Gulfport, and the Miss. Gulf Coast BY ANITA LEE calee@sunherald.comJune 19, 2014 Updated 11 hours ago     A chancery judge jettisoned regulations for offshore drilling in state waters, finding the Mississippi Development Authority failed to complete any meaningful study of the economic impact. Chancery Judge William H. Singletary ordered MDA to prepare a […]

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The TYee Canada: Abandoned Oil Wells Spouting Significant Levels of Methane, Study Finds

June 18, 2014

http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/06/14/Oil-Wells-Spout-Methane/ Princeton researcher measures leaks that risk groundwater, and increasingly the climate. By Andrew Nikiforuk, Today, TheTyee.ca   A Princeton University study has found that leaks from abandoned oil and gas wellbores pose not only a risk to groundwater, but represent a growing threat to the climate. Between 200,000 and 970,000 abandoned wells in the state […]

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NOLA.com: Bobby Jindal signs bill to kill lawsuit against oil, gas companies

June 8, 2014

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/bobby_jindal_signs_bill_to_kil.html#incart_m-rp Times-Picayune Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill aimed at killing a New Orleans area levee board’s lawsuit against 97 oil and gas companies Friday (June 6). (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) (CHRIS GRANGER) By Julia O’Donoghue, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune   on June 06, 2014 at 12:35 PM, updated June […]

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Nola.com: Bobby Jindal delays signing bill to kill law suit against oil, gas companies

June 5, 2014

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/bobby_jindal_delays_signing_bi.html#incart_river_default COASTAL EROSION LAWSUIT   Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday (June 2) he would delay signing a bill he fought for throughout the 2014 legislative session — one aimed at killing a lawsuit filed by a southeast Louisiana levee board against 97 oil and gas companies over damage to the state’s fragile wetlands. Jindal said […]

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NOLA.com: BP and Louisiana Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries debate fishing areas still closed from oil spill

June 4, 2014

http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/05/bp_and_louisiana_department_of.html Nola.com By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune  May 30, 2014 at 4:06 PM     Following a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries statement this week labeling shrimp from areas still closed from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill a “public health risk,” BP took the offensive stating it was “at a […]

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Huffington Post: Oil Spills in Wildlife Refuge After Republicans Dismiss Need for New Regulation

June 4, 2014

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/03/oil-spill-wildlife-refuge_n_5441021.html Posted: 06/03/2014 7:49 pm EDT Updated: 1 hour ago WASHINGTON — Two weeks after Republican lawmakers dismissed the need for new rules on drilling in national wildlife refuges, federal agencies are cleaning up a crude oil spill in a Louisiana refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that an estimated 50 barrels […]

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Accuweather.com: Ocean-friendly Oyster “Sea Walls” May Provide Cost-Effective Hurricane Defense

May 26, 2014

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/oyster-reefs-sea-wall-hurricane-preparedness/27395759 By Kristen Rodman, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer May 24, 2014; 5:12 AM   See larger image below. With sea levels consistently on the rise and recent hurricanes ravaging coastlines, seaside communities are on the lookout for cost-effective ways to protect their homes from the ocean’s fury. After more than a decade of research, one coastal […]

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Center for American Progress: The Economic Case for Restoring Coastal Ecosystems

May 22, 2014

 April 9, 2014    Coastal expert Windell Curole with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority walks along new land created by Mississippi River Diversion in West Bay near Venice, Louisiana. By Michael Conathan, Jeffrey Buchanan, and Shiva Polefka Healthy coastal ecosystems provide critical social and environmental benefits. While the existence of these benefits is not […]

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Environmental Law Institute Ocean Program: BP Oil Disaster: Restoration and Recovery Timeline of Past and Future Events

May 22, 2014

April, 2014 Washington, D.C. Gulf-Timeline

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E&E: Seasoned deputy quietly takes reins of offshore bureau

May 19, 2014

Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Published: Friday, May 16, 2014 A veteran Interior Department official has taken the helm of the bureau that oversees development of oil and gas, renewable energy, and sand and gravel on roughly 1.7 billion acres of federal waters. Walter Cruickshank earlier this month was named acting director of the Bureau of […]

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