Billy Nungesser

By Brett Michael Dykes Tue Sep 14, 2010 What you see above isn’t a rural gravel road. It’s a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life — a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV reports that even a whale was found dead in the area, a stretch of coastal Louisiana hit hard this summer by oil from BP’s busted Gulf well. Fish kills are fairly common along the Gulf Coast, particularly during the summer in the area near the...Read Full Story

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Louisiana Gulf Coast towns and inland waterways struggled with flooding on Monday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continued to test flood barriers but the city of New Orleans remained in fairly good shape.Jerry Sneed, deputy mayor of public safety for New Orleans, reported no significant problems on Monday morning, with standing water remaining in only a few areas outside the levee protection system. No deaths were reported from the storm."Overall, things worked...Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia The Rally for Economic Survival will hold a Lift the Moratorium gathering for Louisiana’s Jobs and America’s Energy Future on Wednesday, July 21, 11am-1pm at the Cajun Dome in Lafayette, LA. The one day event will be hosted by Lafayette Parish President Joey Durel; local leaders scheduled to attend are: Lieutenant Governor Scott Angelle, Governor Bobby Jindal, Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser, Dave Welch President & CEO Stone Energy Corporation, Lafourche...Read Full Story

Published: Friday, June 18, 2010, 6:56 PM     Updated: Friday, June 18, 2010, 7:05 PM Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said Friday he had no involvement in a contract between BP and the Myrtle Grove Marina, in which he holds a financial interest. “Unbeknownst to me, BP worked out a deal with the marina because it’s located close to the oil in Barataria Bay,” Nungesser said Friday. “To this day I have no knowledge of who made those arrangements with the marina and what they are...Read Full Story

Here’s an interesting article from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Photo: The Associated Press has picked up a Times Picayune article on Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser, an outspoken critic of the BP oil leak cleanup response, titled “BP Adding Piers to Marina in which Plaquemines President Billy Nungesser Has Ownership Share.” The newspaper article states that Nungesser “has an interest in a Port Sulphur marina that is being refurbished on the oil company’s dime...Read Full Story