Environmental Impacts From Hurricane Isaac

Reposted from Louisiana Environmental Action Network: Despite the fact that we live in an area that gets hit by hurricanes every few years, and has for untold millennia, Louisiana Industry is consistently unable or unwilling to take the steps necessary to prevent environmental impacts due to hurricanes. When a hurricane hits it consistently leaves in its wake a slew of oil spills, lost hazardous material containers and chemical plants and refineries releasing pollution…

Oil Spill! Oil Spill! Sheen! Sheen!

By Anna Hrybyk, LABB Program Manager Reposted from Louisiana Bucket Brigade: Fresh from our first Flash Mob shouting “Sheen!” and dancing the Crude-Step 2-Step to Stomp out the Stink on Frenchmen Street, on Monday September 10th, I flew over several oil spills and sheens in the lower Mississippi Delta courtesy of Southwings with volunteer pilot Skipper T. On August 28, 2012 we released a map showing the state’s oil and gas infrastructure that…