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Open pit with oil sheen - component of an oilfiled waste injection well next to Baucum property and home, Laurel, Mississippi

Baucum oilfield waste injection well lawsuit advances in Laurel, Mississippi

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This article updates a blog post from 2014 on the oilfield waste deep injection well on land next to Marlan and Deidra Baucum’s home in Laurel, Mississippi. The Jones County Circuit Court decided that it will hear Mrs. Baucum’s claims for damage to her health. She is able to avoid presenting these claims to the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board. This agency process can be a quagmire of delay and frustration for a person making a damage claim due to the actions of a company that the Board regulates.

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Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church Bus at MDEQ August 13 2019

North Gulfport citizens address MDEQ Permit Board on inland rail port

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MDEQ should protect people, and not wedge projects into communities that already have plenty of health and environmental problems to deal with. The August 13th Permit Board meeting was another example of why the MDEQ Environmental Permit Process needs to be examined by the Legislature soon, and made more responsive to the citizens whose health and property are meant to be protected by the agency.

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Wetlands at the ballot box

Wetlands at the ballot box

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This is a guest blog from Cameron Bertron, a summer legal extern with Healthy Gulf. Cameron, a 3L at Tulane University Law School, is a Gulf Coast native and enjoyer of all things wetlands except mosquitoes. The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth-largest body of water in the world, and it is in part bordered

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Planning Framework Draft comment meeting hosted by RESTORE Council May 22nd 2019

RESTORE Council Planning Framework Draft – Mississippi Public Comment Meeting

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Healthy Gulf’s write-up of the RESTORE Council’s public comment meeting in Long Beach, Ms on their Planning Framework Draft for use in Funded Priority List 3 which will be published sometime in 2020. Comment period on this planning draft is open until June 12th, 2019.

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Coast Guard says Taylor Oil Spill Contained, Healthy Gulf Allowed to Intervene in Lawsuit

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The Taylor Energy oil spill has been dumping thousands of gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 14 years. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the longest oil spill in U.S. history is now being contained. Yesterday, Healthy Gulf (formerly Gulf Restoration Network), represented by Earthjustice, was granted a

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BP Disaster: 9 years later. Have we learned our lesson?

BP Disaster: 9 years later. Have we learned our lesson?

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Today marks 9 years since BP’s Deepwater Horizon platform exploded, killing 11 people and leading to the largest oil drilling disaster in United States history. The 205 million gallons of oil and 1.8 million gallons of dispersants that were released into the Gulf had widespread impacts on the health of people, wildlife, coastal ecosystems, and

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Oysters and marsh shoreline

Oyster Projects in Mississippi funded by GOMESA leasing revenue

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In mid-March, Mississippi’s Department of Marine Resources and Governor announced two new oyster projects that will be funded by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA). The Act periodically directs revenue from oil and gas production and leasing in the Gulf of Mexico from the U.S. Department of Interior to Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and

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