“We’re really not in a position to discuss investment advice,” Mr. Pecue, sole employee of Taylor Energy. During a coastal chat on 91.5fm, James Hartwell and Scott Eustis renewable energy and the Taylor Energy leak and the company’s reluctance to disclose any information about environmental impact.James Hartwell reveals the secret of the eternal leak in […]
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As the Department of Justice moves closer to finalizing the settlement with BP, there is much that leaves us unsettled. Our trip to Grand Isle State Park this past 14 November, offered more than a stroll in the sand. Many of the usual tar balls were scattered on the beach just yards away from the
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In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, in 2006 the Gulf Restoration Network and the Sierra Club released a report entitled The School of Big Storms: The High Cost of Compromising Our Natural Defenses and the Benefits of Protecting Them. The report took a look at communities across the Gulf to see what they
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In response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, a federal judge has ordered the Department of the Interior to make documents available showing how much fracking is really going on in the Gulf. In addition to information on how many wells are being fracked in the Gulf, this ruling could give
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If you listened to too many Louisiana politicians, you might think that the Gulf of Mexico is only good for Deepwater extraction and harboring the largest mainline of oil import into the United States. If you were satisfied with macro-scale oceanography, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Loop Current was all you needed
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When the news broke on another tanker allision and spill on the Mississippi River 4 PM we at GRN thought it was worth keeping an eye on. After an after-hours bike ride to the berth of the Creole Queen near Spanish Plaza presented me with a tar smell, probably from crude oil that had escaped
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This guest blog was written by Christina Carlson, Policy Research Assistant with the Union of Concerned Scientists. Ten miles outside New Orleans stands a two-million barrels per day oil refinery, surrounded by community streets in Meraux, Louisiana. When Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the Meraux oil refinery flooded. Damaged tanks spilled 25,000 barrels of oil, covering
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Step One: Coal Export Terminals place materials in the river. The black smear in the brown water on the riverbank is a pile of coal and petroleum coke from United Bulk: The black in the middle of the brown river is a pile of spilled material that has accumulated, despite the fact that United Bulk
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This articles is excerpted fromGulf Currents, GRN’s printed newsletter. To read the rest of the Summer 2014 edition of Gulf Currents, clickhere.Oil leaking from a submerged pipeline in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. April 11th, 2014. Photo: Jonathan Henderson, GRN. Flight provided by Southwings.orgGulf Restoration Network is continuing our work to watchdog the impacts of the energy
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October 2012Meselhe et al at the Water Institute and ARCADIS–in regards to necessary environmental analysis for theRAM terminal proposal:”debris and dust generated during the loading process would be captured in the outfall channel and transported into the marsh areas potentially causing environmental issues. The investigation of water quality was not part of the scope of
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