While some speculate that the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) may provide a future oil “boom” in southwest Mississippi counties, the reality is, the boom is no longer hypothetical and it will not just affect southwest Mississippi. Various signs indicate that the TMS has indeed been opened to major commercial production. To date, there are at …
Fracking Water Use Issues in Southwest Mississippi Read More »
In May Abita Springs assembled against fracking, raising the concerns we’ve had about fossil fuel development over the years. Impacts to the air, community health, and especially water pollution weigh heavily on people’s minds on the Northshore. Louisiana has seen much of its population of means flee coastal areas in the past decade– fleeing the …
Northshore Unites to Protect the Southern Hills Aquifer Read More »
Why frack in our cleanest waters and wetlands? Helis Oil and Gas and Ed Poitevent, a private landowner, want to make a buck off of St. Tammany Parish, and they are endangering our waterways, economy and health in the process.The law is clear: Helis must avoid destroying wetlands when they can. But they’re planning to …