Updates
 | Review of EPA Air Sampling Data: July 20, 2010 |
 | CITIZEN JOURNALISTS NEEDED FOR OIL SPILL CRISIS MAP
Tool Will Show Government, Responders Where Help is Needed Most |
| Refinery Accidents and Hurricanes Summary Storms are the largest cause of refinery accident pollution in Louisiana. |
| ExxonMobil's Chalmette Refining Dumps 1 Ton of Catalyst on Community: Another Accident for the Beleaguered Oil Industry September 7, 2010 |
| Hurricanes Could Carry Gulf "Oil" Inland September 1, 2010 National Geographic |
| Concerns About Powdery Substance Released in St. Bernard September 6, 2010 By Meg Farris WWL, New Orleans |
| An Open Letter to US EPA, Region 6 By Riki Ott Marine Toxicologist and Exxon Valdez Survivor August 27, 2010 From The Huffington Post |
| With Neighbors Unaware, Toxic Spill at a BP Plant From The New York Times By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. Published: August 29, 2010 |
 | Outrage at Shell Funded UN Report on Nigerian Oil Spills Media Advisory from Friends of the Earth International, August 24, 2010 |
| LABB featured in the New York Times: Locals Track Oil Spill's Health Impacts, Paving Way for Federal Study By Elana Schor, Greenwire, New York Times August 19, 2010 |
| "We are by no means through this disaster" - Gulf Coast fishing community searches for some certainty By Elizabeth Grossman 8/12/10 for The Pumphandle |
| Back Where They Should Be: Obama Mends Fences with BP From the Pacific Free Press by Dahr Jamail August 8, 2010 |
| EPA Whistleblower Accuses Agency of Covering Up Effects of Dispersant in BP Oil Spill Cleanup From Democracy Now! 8/11/10 |
| Contribute Information on Your Experience with BP Claims August 4, 2010 |
| EPA Releases Rulemaking Guidance on Environmental Justice
Public feedback requested! |
| Fishing Closures and Seafood Sniffing: Addressing Gulf Seafood Safety By Elizabeth Grossman July 26, 2010 From The Pump Handle |
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade Releases Bucket Air Sample Results from Oil Affected Area July 26, 2010 |
| LABB Director, Anne Rolfes, testimony to Senate subcommittee on C-Span |
| Review of Data Reveals Gaps in EPA’s Oil Spill Monitoring. Agency Urged to Empower Impacted Communities to Take Samples: July 20, 2010 |
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Testimony to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies by Anne Rolfes, Founding Director of LABB
July 15, 2010 |
| New BP Data Show 20% of Gulf Spill Responders Exposed to Chemical that Sickened Valdez Workers By Elana Schor of Greenwire July 9, 2010 New York Times |
| Out in the Oil with Captain David By Elizabeth Grossman July 8, 2010 in The Pump Handle |
| Dr. Nancy Mock of Tulane University, is interviewed on WTUL about the Oil Spill Crisis Map |
| LABB BOD member, Iris Brown Carter, interviewed by StoryCorps |
| Who's On the Beach? Gulf Coast beach clean-up crew hiring remains murky as oil keeps washing ashore June 28, 2010 by Elizabeth Grossman, The Pump Handle |
| Who Will Pay to Fix Louisiana? By Oliver Houck, The Nation June 24, 2010 |
| Judge blocks offshore drilling moratorium; White House will appeal Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards From Sciencecorps, June 14, 2010 |
| Record of BP's Gulf Worker-Testing Firm Raises Conflict-Of-Interest Questions By ELANA SCHOR of Greenwire Published: June 18, 2010 |
| Letter to Administrator Jackson addressing ongoing concerns about gaps in air quality monitoring happening in the Gulf Coast region June 15, 2010 |
| Oil Spill Kills Gulf Coast Shrimp Season; A Culture Hangs in the Balance Posted on: June 18, 2010 10:55 AM, by The Pump Handle By Elizabeth Grossman |
| In Louisiana, It's One Damned Thing After Another From Times-Picayune Op-Ed Columnist, James Carville |
| Health Impacts Associated with the Dispersants Corexit 9500 and 9527 Being Used by BP and Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil Flowing from the Deepwater Horizon Wellhead Compiled by chemist, Wilma Subra, of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network |
| Fences, guards, and information gaps: On the beach in Grand Isle, LA Blog post by Lizzie Grossman from The Pump Handle June 13, 2010 |
| BP Coughs Up Another Drop of Air Quality Data: Not Reassuring Posted June 10, 2010 by Dr. Gina Solomon of NRDC on Switchboard, the NRDC staff blog |
| Times-Picayune: Most Complaints to Health Agency Involve Chemicals June 9, 2010 by John Pope |
| What are Gulf Responders Breathing? Some Data Released, but Questions Remain By Elizabeth Grossman, June 7, 2010 |
| LABB Founding Director, Anne Rolfes, Testifies with the House Committee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, Thursday June 10, 2010 Read her testimony here... |
| Hurricane Season: Refineries Prepare LABB Blog: June 1, 2010 |
| Louisiana Refineries Ill Prepared for Storms as Hurricane Season Begins: Like Offshore Rigs, Oil Refineries Vulnerable to Accidents For Immediate Release: June 1, 2010 |
| Obama orders halt to operations at all 33 deep-water rigs in the Gulf! Washington Post, May 27 |
| Director of the U.S. Minerals Management Service Fired by Obama Administration |
| Gulf Spill is now the Nation's Worst Thursday, May 27, 2010; 11:16 AM |
 | Thank you EPA! EPA Demands BP Use Less Toxic Dispersants for Oil Spill |
| Obama Urged to Send Swat Team of Federal Regulators to Louisiana Refineries For Immediate Release: May 19, 2010 |
 | Ozone Action Alert Issued for Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John, St. Tammany, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
 | The Louisiana Bucket Brigade Launches Blog Site! |
 | EcoAdvocates: Let's Ushahidi BP! Oil Spill Crisis Map featured in the Daily Kos call for action |
 | Agencies monitoring air quality detect elevated chemical levels, some ailments From the Times-Picayune, May 10, 2010 |
| Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Issues Ozone Alert Day for May 5th and 6th Alert covers Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John, St. Tammany, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes |
 | Department of Health and Hospitals ADVISORY DHH advises against swimming or fishing in areas affected by the oil spill |
| Statement by DHH and DEQ on Reports of Petroleum Odor in Onshore Communities |
 | OFFSHORE DRILLING Obama administration takes wait-and-see approach to policy changes after gulf spill. |
 | Environmental Groups Invite Obama to Review Gulf Oil Disaster April 29, 2010 |
 | US Coast Guard to Begin Burn of Gulf Oil Spill |
 | NOAA Chart of Oil spill locations View a chart detailing the direction of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill movement. |
 | Gulf Restoration Network (GRN): View from Above Read this blog by GRN Campaign Director, Aaron Viles, on his fly over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site. |
| "Watchdog: Rig fire, spill- time for oil industry to pause" Interview with LABB Founding Director, Anne Rolfes, on WWL |
 | Louisiana Environmental Voter Day- April 21, 2010! |
 | The Government Accountability Office takes on the EPA |
 | President Obama Urges Americans to Take Action in Honor of Earth Day |
 | Dow Chemical leak in Norco, Louisiana and fire at ExxonMobil plant in Baton Rouge injures three workers |
 | ExxonMobil Makes a $45.2 Billion Profit in 2008, but Paid No Federal Income Tax in 2009. |
 | LABB Joins Forces to ask President Obama to Help Defend Communities from the Mismanagement of Coal Combustion |
 | CNN to Highlight Environmental and Health Crisis in Mossville, LA. Mark your calendars for April 24th! |
 | 18,000 gallons of oil spilled in Delta National Wildlife Refuge! |
 | Louisiana University Law Clinics Face Even Tougher Restrictions with Proposed Senate Bill 549 |
 | Shell Companies To Reduce Harmful Emissions! |
 | Writing for Environmental and Social Justice Residents for Air Neutralization hosts the first writing workshop conducted by the Environmental Support Center |
| Learn How Ozone Affects You! |
 | Dispatch from the Strengthening Environmental Justice Research and Decision Making Conference in D.C. |
 | Director General of the Polish Ministry of Environment Visits the Bucket Brigade! |
 | EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: A good environment is good for the economy March 8, 2010 |
 | Black Rain, Green Smoke and Yellow Dust Xavier students conduct Ozone Survey in Baton Rouge |
 | Swedish Study Links High Leukemia Rate to Communities Neighboring Oil Refineries |
 | February Fenceline Neighbors Network Meeting Hosted in New Orleans, February 24, 2010 |
 | Victory for Clean Air Advocates! Supreme court rules against industry and in favor of public health! |
 | Gas and Liquid Pollutant Releases by Louisiana Oil Refineries 2005-2008 |
 | Staying Afloat Adapting to Climate Change on the Gulf and Beyond, the annual NAELS conference. |
 | 72 Hours for Clean American Power! Call in Days: March 2nd through the 4th |
 | Toxic Towns: Mossville, Louisiana People of Mossville "are like an Experiment" |
 | What's the Source of Mississippi River Pollution? Watch the WDSU New Orleans I-Team Investigation! |
 | Multiple Day Flare at Motiva Norco Plant February 19, 2010 |
 | Refinery Efficiency Initiative - Released December 7, 2009 |
 | Louisiana's Worst Refinery Accidents Handbook Detailing the worst accidents between 2005 and 2008! |
 | Refinery Accidents Database Search refinery accidents with our new accident database |
 | What's Wrong with this Picture? State ozone monitoring incomplete. |
 | Marathon Oil Coke Dust Contaminates Neighbors' Homes Garyville resident shares her experience of coke dust contamination in her house. |
 | Watch and read news reports about Dow's chemical spill Ethyl acrylate release at the Dow Chemical plant in Hahnville |
 | Watch the Environmental Justice Corps Fellows’ video updates Artay Abua and Amber Rembert's weekly reports |
 | Groups show support for the American Clean Energy and Security Act Citizens Urge Rep. Cao to Strengthen the Clean Energy Bill. Rally is part of hundreds nationwide calling for stronger energy and jobs bill. |
 | Irish Farmer Victim of Violence at Shell Site Willie Corduff and his neighbors are protecting their land from Shell’s development. Read all about it right here. |
 | EPA Administrator Jackson Asked to Monitor Area Schools State Senator Cheryl Gray Supports the Request Follow Up to December USA Today Report |
 | OUR GREEN FUTURE and DEFENDING LOUISIANA: Speakers at New Orleans Earth Day Festival Speaker line up for April 5th |
 | Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Learn about our Refinery Efficiency Project and read our most recent newsletter. |
 | Shell Receives Bill for Coastal Destruction New Orleans, LA – As lunchtime foot traffic filled the halls of One Shell Square, concerned citizens and activists carrying signs and shouting “Shell Fix the Coast You Broke” followed a major celebrity and his entourage into Shell Oil’s New Orleans headquarters. |
 | Mississippi River Oil Spill Photos and Video |
| Judge To Hear Garyville Incorporation Case Today 7.15.2008 July 15th, 2008 |
| Taxes at the Root of Garyville Tussle Group seeks to make Garyville, Mount Airy and part of Reserve a separate municipality. The proposal comes with the same historic rationale argued by our founding fathers, mainly the notion of taxation without fair representation |
| 7.1.08 Notice of Intent to Sue Neighborhood Association informs Murphy Oil U.S.A., Inc. of Intent to Sue for Violations of the Clean Air Act at its Meraux Refinery |
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