Author Archives: Louisiana Bucket Brigade
St. Rose Community Ready for a Change
Ashley Hubbard is LABB’s newest Petroleum Accident Research Intern and is currently studying Public Health at Dillard University in New Orleans. This past Thursday on July 3rd, while most communities were be getting ready for a holiday weekend filled with … Continue reading
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Marathon Garyville is hit by tornado
Anna Hrybyk, Program Manager An EF-1 tornado, about 150 yards wide with maximum winds estimated near 105 mph, hit Garyville about 5:30 a.m., the National Weather Service said. The tornado damaged the cooling towers at the Marathon Refinery in Garyville … Continue reading
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Matagorda Island and Galveston Bay Oil Spill
Anna Hrybyk, Program Manager To our friends living near the Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay and Matagorda Island: We have been tracking the oil spill response to the oil impacting your environment from ship-barge collision near Texas City in the … Continue reading
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Xavier Students Participate in Algiers ERT
Katie Moore, Research Analyst This past Saturday, LABB Emergency Response Team and Xavier University’s freshman seminar class deployed to Algiers to knock on doors and ask people about pollution as a part of our Emergency Response Team outreach. Even though … Continue reading
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The Absurdity of “No Off-site Impact”
Katie Moore, Research Analyst My name is Katie Moore, and I’m the new Research Analyst here at the Bucket Brigade. On Thursday of last week I went on my first deployment to Baton Rouge as a member of our Emergency … Continue reading
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Who Ya Gonna Call? LABB
Molly Brackin, Monitoring and Evaluation Associate The first report of flaring at Shell Norco came into the map around noon on Thursday, March 6th. Four other reports came in to the map about the same large flare over the next … Continue reading
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Listening Session Comment on EO 13650: Molly Brackin, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
By Molly Brackin, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist Listening Session Public Comment Executive Order #13650: Improving Chemical Safety and Security My name is Molly Brackin, and I am an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade. I have been with the … Continue reading
Marcia Oursler, Petrochemical Accident Researcher: Comment on EO 13650
By Marcia Oursler, Petrochemical Accident Researcher Listening Session Public Comment Executive Order #13650: Improving Chemical Safety and Security My name is Marcia Oursler and I have been with Louisiana Bucket Brigade since August 2013. While many community members are aware … Continue reading
Public Comment on EO 13650: Improving Chemical Safety & Security
By Anna Hrybyk, Program Manager Listening Session Public Comment Executive Order #13650: Improving Chemical Safety and Security Thank you for the opportunity to comment. My name is Anna Hrybyk and I have been the Program Manager at the Louisiana Bucket … Continue reading
January iWitness Map Monthly Report
By Molly Brackin, Monitoring & Evaluation Associate January began as a relatively light month for refinery accident reports. The numbers of both citizen and NRC reports were down from previous month, which could either indicate that refineries were doing better … Continue reading
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