On September 30, 2013 the Gulf Monitoring Consortium conducted a monitoring flight of south-east Louisiana and found what it always finds; oil and gas operations spilling oil and other pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana coastal wetlands. Here are some highlights, or perhaps, “lowlights” from the flight:
On September 30, 2013 the Gulf Monitoring Consortium conducted a monitoring flight of south-east Louisiana and found what it always finds; oil and gas operations spilling oil and other pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana coastal wetlands.… 
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Oil and Gas Leaks in the Gulf – Business as Usual
On September 30, 2013 the Gulf Monitoring Consortium conducted a monitoring flight of south-east Louisiana and found what it always finds; oil and gas operations spilling oil and other pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana coastal wetlands. Here are some highlights, or perhaps, “lowlights” from the flight:
On September 30, 2013 the Gulf Monitoring Consortium conducted a monitoring flight of south-east Louisiana and found what it always finds; oil and gas operations spilling oil and other pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana coastal wetlands.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: GMC, Gulf Monitoring Consortium, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Louisiana State, NRC
Judge Denies Taylor Energy Motion to Dismiss Clean Water Act Violations Suit
New Orleans, LA – Yesterday, the judge in a lawsuit (Apalachicola Riverkeeper v. Taylor Energy Co. LLC) brought against Taylor Energy for a leaking oil well issued an order denying most of Taylor Energy’s Motion to Dismiss and denied Taylor’s Motion to Stay the lawsuit.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Apalachicola Riverkeeper, Gulf of Mexico, Taylor Energy, Taylor Energy Co, Waterkeeper Alliance
THE ENERGY COAST ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
by Wilma Subra
Subra Company / Louisiana Environmental Action Network
by Wilma Subra
Subra Company / Louisiana Environmental Action Network
The Gulf of Mexico northern coastal area in the United States is better know as the Energy Coast.
Oil and Gas Wells in the Gulf
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Needham, Hal, David Brown, Lynne Carter., 2012: Impacts and Adaptation Options in the Gulf Coast : http://www.c2es.org/publications/gulf-coast-impacts-adaptation-options
There are approximately 4,000 drilling and production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi, natural gas, United States
3 Years After the BP Spill and We Are Still Sick
Several groups, individuals and LEAN address the ongoing health issues from the BP Oil Spill with a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Association and others…
Groups send letter outlining ongoing human health impacts along Gulf Coast
As Earth Day passes and we remember the events of the BP Oil Spill three years ago, we are reminded that things have not been made right here along the Gulf Coast.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: BP Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans
Overflight of Leaking Taylor Wells
On April 10, 2012, Gulf Monitoring Consortium (GMC) conducted an overflight of the Lower Mississippi River Delta looking for oil spills including the ongoing leak at the Taylor Well site. Paul Orr the Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper flew with a SouthWings pilot over the Mississippi River Delta south of New Orleans out to the site of the ongoing crude oil leak from the Taylor wells around 11 miles south of South Pass of the Mississippi River.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: crude oil, GMC, Gulf Monitoring Consortium, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River Delta, South Pass
Waterkeeper Organizations File Suit to Plug Taylor Energy’s Ongoing 7 Year Gulf Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — Louisiana Environmental Action Network and its Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper program along with Waterkeeper Alliance and several Gulf Coast Waterkeeper organizations filed suit in Federal Court today, February 2, 2012, against Taylor Energy Co., LLC under the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation Recovery Act, for ongoing violations stemming from an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has continued to flow for seven years.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Gulf of Mexico, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, Taylor Oil, Waterkeeper Alliance
Gulf Monitoring Consortium Update Report
On April 19, 2011, SkyTruth, SouthWings, and Waterkeeper Alliance launched the Gulf Monitoring Consortium: an innovative partnership that is systematically monitoring oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico with satellite images and mapping, aerial reconnaissance and photography, and on-the-water observation and sampling.… LEAN, LMRK Put Chronic Gulf Oil Polluter – Taylor Energy – On Notice
LEAN, LMRK, Waterkeeper Alliance & Gulf Coast Waterkeepers Serve Notice of Intent to Sue Under Federal Environmental Laws, Targeting Chronic Oil Spill from the “Taylor Wells” in the Gulf of Mexico
LEAN, LMRK, Waterkeeper Alliance & Gulf Coast Waterkeepers Serve Notice of Intent to Sue Under Federal Environmental Laws, Targeting Chronic Oil Spill from the “Taylor Wells” in the Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans, LA- Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper along with Waterkeeper Alliance and several Gulf Coast Waterkeeper organizations announced today that Taylor Energy Co.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Clean Water Act, Gulf of Mexico, Taylor Wells, Waterkeeper Alliance
The Weeks Bay Principles for Gulf Recovery
The Weeks Bay Principles for Gulf Recovery
On October 4-6, 2010, ninety-five people representing forty-six community, local, regional, national and international environmental, social justice, and fishermen’s groups, met at the Beckwith Camp and Conference Center on Weeks Bay, Alabama. The meeting was sponsored by Gulf Restoration Network, Gulf Coast Fund and Save Our Gulf (a coalition of Gulf of Mexico waterkeeper programs working on the BP oil disaster).…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: BP, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Restoration Network, Louisiana Bayoukeeper, Sierra Club
SoLa – Louisiana Water Stories – Movie Premiere and Art Show
Thanks to all of our supporters that came out to the screening. You are invited to attend a special screening and Louisiana Art Show.
The Film: SOLA Louisiana Water Stories by reknown National Geographic Filmaker and Antarctic Expedition LeaderJon Bowermaster,
Louisiana Art Show featuring: Rhea Gary, CC Lockwood, Jeffrey Dubinsky, Jerry Moran, Kyle Jeffery, Natalie Clay, Stefan Andermann…and others!…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Gulf of Mexico, Jeffrey Dubinsky, Jon Bowermaster, LEAN, Live Louisiana Music, Louisiana Art Show, Louisiana Water Stories
