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document January 23, 2019

Bayou Bridge Pipeline – Memorandum Supporting Preliminary Injunction

Environmental watchdogs, represented by the nonprofit law firm Earthjustice, have asked a federal judge for a second preliminary injunction to block construction that violates ETP’s permit and has gone unchecked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Digging in very high water is devastating, doing severe and irreparable damage to the Atchafalaya Basin wetlands.
(Atchafalaya Basinkeeper)
Press Release January 23, 2019

Atchafalaya Advocates Ask Federal Judge to Block Bayou Pipeline as Floodwaters Rise

Energy Transfer Partners continues long-standing pattern of permit violations and environmental destruction in America’s largest wetlands

document September 11, 2018

Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Memorandum in Support of Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

Plaintiffs Atchafalaya Basinkeeper et al. move for partial summary judgment on their National Environmental Policy Act and Clean Water Act claims regarding the Army Corps of Engineers’ (“Corps”) evaluation of the risks and impacts of oil spills from the Bayou Bridge pipeline.

A community meeting in Napoleonville, Louisiana, on the Bayou Bridge pipeline on Feb. 8, 2017, where residents voiced opposition to the project.
(Courtesy of Emily Kasik)
Press Release September 11, 2018

Oil-Spill Risks from Bayou Bridge Pipeline Highlighted in New Legal Action as Work is Suspended

New evidence shows the Army Corps of Engineers failed to independently assess the risk of spills from a company with more than 500 spills, millions in fines and private property damage

document July 6, 2018

Bayou Bridge Pipeline: 5th Circuit Opinion

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturns an order halting construction of the controversial Bayou Bridge pipeline in the Atchafalaya River Basin. The ruling reverses U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick’s February order granting a preliminary injunction to halt construction on the portion of the Bayou Bridge pipeline that crosses the Atchafalaya Basin, a National Heritage Area famous for Louisiana crawfish production.

Construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin.
(Courtesy of Julie Dermansky)
Press Release July 6, 2018

Federal Appeals Court Overturns Bayou Bridge Pipeline Injunction

Construction to continue in the Atchafalaya Basin while lawsuit proceeds

Construction is underway on the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, even though a state judge recently ruled that Energy Transfer Partners’ use permit failed to consider the pipeline’s impact on a nearby community.
(Photo courtesy of Julie Dermansky)
Article June 21, 2018

Company Rushes to Build Pipeline Through Bayou Despite Invalid Permit

The company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline is digging on a new project in Louisiana, even after a court deemed its permit invalid.

Oil and gas infrastructure in the Atchafalaya Basin, where hundreds of pipelines have been built.
(Photo by Emily Kasik)
Press Release April 26, 2018

Pipeline Construction Races Forward in the Atchafalaya Basin Ahead of Hearing

Bayou Bridge pipeline causes further irreparable harm during peak crawfish season

Earthjustice attorney Jan Hasselman tours the Atchafalaya Basin with clients, seeing the impacts of oil pipelines to the area.
(Adrienne Bloch / Earthjustice)
Article: Victory April 6, 2018

The Next Battle in the Fight to Stop Dirty Pipelines

Earthjustice and its clients won a huge victory when a federal judge shut down the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana; a federal appeals court will decide what comes next.

document March 15, 2018

Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Court Order on Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

In The United States Court Of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit

document February 27, 2018

Legal Document: Federal Judge Blocks Construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline

Federal District Court Judge Shelly Dick halts the construction of the controversial Bayou Bridge Pipeline across the Atchafalaya Basin. Judge Dick found that the lawsuit filed by several groups—Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association (West), Gulf Restoration Network, Waterkeeper Alliance and Sierra Club, represented by lawyers with Earthjustice—raises serious concerns and that the 162-mile pipeline would irreparably harm the Atchafalaya Basin.

Crawfisherman Jody Meche drives through Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin on his way to check his traps.
(Photo by Emily Kasik)
Article February 26, 2018

Crawfisherman’s Fight Brings Pipeline to a Halt

Crawfisherman Jody Meche’s family has lived off Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin for generations. Now he’s fighting to protect it—and his way of life—from a destructive oil pipeline.

A community meeting in Napoleonville, Louisiana, on the Bayou Bridge pipeline on Feb. 8, 2017, where residents voiced opposition to the project.
(Courtesy of Emily Kasik)
Press Release: Victory February 23, 2018

Federal Judge Blocks Construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline

Pipeline construction would “irreparably harm” Atchafalaya Basin

Oil and gas infrastructure in the Atchafalaya Basin, where hundreds of pipelines have been built.
(Photo by Emily Kasik)
Press Release January 30, 2018

Atchafalaya Groups Seek Halt to Construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline

Federal judge will hear requests for preliminary injunction in Atchafalaya

document January 29, 2018

Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction

The Atchafalaya Basin, the largest swamp ecosystem in North America, is one of the nation’s ecological crown jewels.

document January 29, 2018

Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Temporary Restraining Order

United States District Court For Middle District Of Louisiana

document January 29, 2018

Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Declaration of J. Hasselman

Declaration of Jan E. Hasselman in support of motion for temporary restraining order

Oil and gas infrastructure in the Atchafalaya Basin, where hundreds of pipelines have been built.
(Photo by Emily Kasik)
case January 11, 2018

Protecting the Atchafalaya Basin from the Bayou Bridge Pipeline

The Bayou Bridge pipeline project proposes to connect the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, which transports volatile and explosive Bakken crude oil from North Dakota, to refineries in St. James Parish and export terminals, forming the southern leg of the Bakken Pipeline. Energy Transfer Partners owns both the Dakota Access Pipeline and the proposed Bayou Bridge…