Oil and Gas Leaks in the Gulf – Business as Usual

October 3, 2013
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: The slick from the still leaking Taylor wells off of the Mississippi River delta stretched into the distance as usual and reminded the passengers…

Judge Denies Taylor Energy Motion to Dismiss Clean Water Act Violations Suit

July 23, 2013
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. The Clean Water Act lawsuit was brought by Apalachicola Riverkeeper, Louisiana Environmental Action Network on behalf of it's Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper program, and Waterkeeper Alliance in an effort to stop Taylor's…