Roughly two weeks after the second year memorial of the BP oil disaster, a few moving parts are looking like they're coming to closure, even if not on completely amenable terms. The federal judge overseeing the trial against BP has approved settlement terms. And Mississippi passed a law to encourage local hiring in the wake of disasters. Meanwhile, national policymaking and politics that affect the Gulf Coast continue.
The St. Martin Parish School Board’s recent decision to log the cypress-tupelo swamps on land owned by the entity in the Atchafalaya Basin has become a source of controversy.
According to the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Dean Wilson, the source of contention surrounds the idea of clear cutting the trees, some of which were around during the time of Jesus.
On May Day, over one hundred New Orleanians marched to City Hall, where they called for justice for the city's immigrants. The protestors called for an end to inhumane immigration practices, such as deportation and local law enforcement's targeting of immigrants.
Crossposted from Facing South. Following Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill, Gulf Coast community leaders raised concerns about the failure to prioritize hiring local residents for recovery jobs -- but an innovative new Mississipp
Photos and specimens collected by Gulf Coast fishermen, scientists and coastal residents will be included in Brandon Ballengée’s upcoming exhibit, opening on Saturday, May 5th in New York City.
By Susan Buchanan, crossposted from The Louisiana Weekly. Vietnamese and Cambodian fishermen in Village L’est and Versailles in New Orleans East were among the first residents to return after Katrina, only to see their livelihoods crushed a few years later by the BP spill.
The second memorial of the nation’s worst oil catastrophe has come and gone, forever linked to Earth Day and seared into the psyches of millions of Gulf residents and fishermen. In recent weeks, the media has unleashed a torrent of stories about the devastating impacts of the nation’s worst oil spill disaster;
Stephen Teague is a staff attorney at the Mississippi Center for Justice, where his main work is providing free legal assistance to people who have claims with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), the mechanism that was set up to compensate those who suffered economic losses as a result of the BP oil disaster. He recently spoke about the GCCF with Bridge The Gulf and the Institute for Southern Studie
Roughly two weeks after the second year memorial of the BP oil disaster, a few moving parts are looking like they're coming to closure, even if not on completely amenable terms. The federal judge overseeing the trial against BP has approved settlement terms. And Mississippi passed a law to encourage local hiring in the wake of disasters. Meanwhile, national policymaking and politics that affect the Gulf Coast continue.
The St. Martin Parish School Board’s recent decision to log the cypress-tupelo swamps on land owned by the entity in the Atchafalaya Basin has become a source of controversy.
On May Day, over one hundred New Orleanians marched to City Hall, where they called for justice for the city's immigrants. The protestors called for an end to inhumane immigration practices, such as deportation and local law enforcement's targeting of immigrants.
Crossposted from 
By Susan Buchanan, crossposted from 
Stephen Teague is a staff attorney at the 