Louisiana Environmental Action Network

Type: Organization

Name: Louisiana Environmental Action Network

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

PSC to revisit energy efficiency program debate

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Louisiana Public Service Commission will reconsider a decision to shelve a planned statewide energy efficiency program, after a lawsuit challenged the commission's previous handling of the issue.Four organizations sued the utility ... [Published CNBC - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sierra Club, Organism, Lawsuit, Louisiana Environmental Action Network

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Inside Report: Louisiana lawmakers ponder salt dome regulation

Proposals are zipping through the Louisiana Legislature to help residents who live near salt domes that are integral to the oil and gas industry.Salt domes are natural formations prevalent along the Gulf Coast. Companies mine into the domes to extract ... [Published The Advocate - May 03 2013]

Entities: Fred Mills, Gas Storage, Natural Resources, Louisiana Environmental Action Network

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

BP plc

"Inside Story" on BP's use of Corexit to "clean up" Gulf oil blowout disaster

Al Jazeera English's Inside Story Americas aired a very good discussion of the findings and implications of the Government Accountability Project's report on the devastating effects of BP's use of Corexit to "clean up" its oil blowout in the Gulf of ... [Published Climate Science Watch - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: BP plc, Oil Spill, Disaster, Dispersion, Workers

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Environmental groups challenge Louisiana energy-efficiency ruling

p>Environmental advocates in Louisiana have filed suit against the state's public service commission (PSC), arguing that it violated procedure when it failed to allow public comment before scrapping a December 2012 energy-efficiency program. The decision ... [Published FierceEnergy - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Entergy New Orleans Inc, Environment, Lawsuit, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Community Service

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

AGL Resources Inc

Battle over Lake Peigneur heads to court

LAFAYETTE — The battle over the proposed expansion of a natural gas storage operation under Lake Peigneur is headed to court.Save Lake Peigneur, the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and lake-area resident Roger Stelly have filed a lawsuit to void ... [Published The Advocate - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Gas Storage, Lawsuit, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, AGL Resources Inc

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Lake Peigneur Group Sues Department of Natural Resources

Save Lake Peigneur, Inc., and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Natural Resources. Save Lake Peigneur and LEAN are asking an Iberia Parish judge to reverse DNR's decision to grant a permit Jefferson ... [Published KATC 3 - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Natural Resources, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Gas Storage, guidelines, Ignorance

Quotes

...to be transparent and allow public comment," Casey DeMoss Roberts, executive director of the Alliance for Affordable Energy, said in a statement. "Today the commission sent a clear signal that the public should be a part of the process."

PSC to revisit energy efficiency program debate [Published CNBC - May 22 2013]

...He added that his role as chairman is to "ensure fairness and keep the meetings moving swiftly and with the best interests of all who are conducting business before this commission."

Louisiana Public Service Commission to revisit vote halting energy-efficiency program [Published NOLA Live - May 21 2013]

...84 million gallons of two listed dispersants, Corexit EC9500A and Corexit EC9527A, into the Gulf of Mexico," the ruling states. "According to plaintiffs, the release of mass quantities of these two dispersants was authorized despite a 'lack of information about the quantities of dispersants that could be used safely in the Gulf of Mexico."

No Right to Info on Oil Dispersants [Published Courthouse News Service - May 08 2013]

In a statement issued by BP, the oil company said: "Use of dispersants during the Deepwater HorizonHorizon oiloil spill was co-ordinated with and approved by federal agencies including the US Coast Guard and EPA."

"Inside Story" on BP's use of Corexit to "clean up" Gulf oil blowout disaster [Published Climate Science Watch - Apr 27 2013]

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PSC to revisit energy efficiency program debate [Published CNBC - May 22 2013]
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No Right to Info on Oil Dispersants [Published Courthouse News Service - May 08 2013]
Inside Report: Louisiana lawmakers ponder salt ... [Published The Advocate - May 03 2013]
"Inside Story" on BP's use of Corexit to "clean... [Published Climate Science Watch - Apr 27 2013]
Environmental groups challenge Louisiana energy... [Published FierceEnergy - Apr 24 2013]
The BP Spill Was Worse Than You Knew [Published Crooks and Liars - Apr 23 2013]
The Spilling Fields: How BP Made The Gulf Oil D... [Published Think Progress - Apr 23 2013]
What BP doesn’t want you to know about the 2010... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Apr 22 2013]
Corexit: Deadly Dispersant in Oil Spill Cleanup [Published Climate Science Watch - Apr 19 2013]
3 Years After Deepwater Horizon, Report Shows D... [Published Common Dreams - Apr 19 2013]
Battle over Lake Peigneur heads to court [Published The Advocate - Apr 17 2013]
Lake Peigneur Group Sues Department of Natural ... [Published KATC 3 - Apr 16 2013]

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The BP Spill Was Worse Than You Knew [Published Crooks and Liars - Apr 23 2013] In 2010, Pulitzer Prize-winning animator Mark Fiore created this humorous and poignant take on the BP oil spill. Three years ago this week, a disastrous oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico, eventually hemorrhaging 210 million gallons of Louisiana ...
The Spilling Fields: How BP Made The Gulf Oil D... [Published Think Progress - Apr 23 2013] US Air Force photo of C-130 spraying Corexit onto BP spill Mark Hertsgaard has a must-read piece in Newsweek on how “The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was even worse than BP wanted us to know.” His piece is about the dangers created by the 1.84 million ...
What BP doesn’t want you to know about the 2010... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Apr 22 2013] U.S. Air ForceA C-130 Hercules sprays Corexit onto the Gulf of Mexico. “It’s as safe as Dawn dishwashing liquid.” That’s what Jamie Griffin says the BP man told her about the smelly, rainbow-streaked gunk coating the floor of the “floating hotel” where ...