09/21/10 One continuance in seven is because Criminal District Court judge didn't show up, group says
09/09/10 NEW YORK (September 9, 2010) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and StoryCorps announce a special effort to collect the stories of Gulf Coast residents affected by the April 2010 oil spill. The prominent environmental advocacy group and national nonprofit oral history organization will document the experiences of those living through the largest U.S. oil spill on record.
09/08/10 OIL VICTIM: A seriously oiled tri-coloured heron is spotted on Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, Louisiana. YOUNG HERON: Young herons impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are seen at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.
09/07/10 Published: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 5:43 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 5:43 a.m. NEW ORLEANS - This is when you know you're a fisherman: The meteorologist on TV is warning that the peak of hurricane season is here, which only makes you realize that the last peak of speckled trout spawning season is upon us.
08/25/10 Brown Pelicans, covered in oil from BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, huddle together in a cage at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana June 6, 2010.
08/19/10 HAMMOND, La. -- Mike Lucas has been Southeastern's head football coach since 2006, but he's also got another job. For the last 20 years he's been a Sunday school teacher. And recently a woman deeply affected by the oil spill spoke up. "That was just totally tore up crying. She's got three children and she said the best times of her life were days down with her grandfather at his fishing camp ...
08/19/10 One day Southeastern head coach Mike Lucas got an idea, and it centered around one victim of the oil spill: the children.
08/10/10 James Sofronas led every lap to win the GT-class in the Optima Batteries Mid-Ohio Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off Andy Pilgrim at the finish of the SCCA World Challenge race.
08/09/10 Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster is visible in Barataria Bay, Thursday Aug. 5, 2010. BP finished pumping fresh cement into its blown-out oil well as aimed to seal for good the ruptured pipe that for months spewed crude into Gulf of Mexico in one of the world's worst spills.
08/08/10 BURAS, LA. -- Obama administration officials promised Sunday to remain focused on the Gulf Coast -- punishing BP for the worst oil spill in U.S. history, and cleaning up what remains of the mess. Oil spill - Environment - Energy - Petroleum in the Environment - Spill Containment and Remediation
08/08/10 BURAS, LA. -- Obama administration officials promised Sunday to remain focused on the Gulf Coast -- punishing BP for the worst oil spill in U.S. history, and cleaning up what remains of the mess. Oil spill - Environment - Energy - Petroleum in the Environment - Business
08/08/10 AP - The gusher has finally been beaten back, and from 400 miles up government satellites assure that the oil in the Gulf of Mexico is disappearing. But Dave Marino only wishes he could put that kind of distance between himself and the Deepwater Horizon spill.
08/07/10 In this Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 picture, A.C. Cooper, vice president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, holds a bottle of oil as he pleads to Ray Mabus, U.S. secretary of the Navy, to ensure the safety of Louisiana seafood during a town hall meeting for fishermen and residents in Buras, La. Cooper said that he collected it from an inland bay in southern Plaquemines Parish earlier in the day. (AP ...
08/07/10 The gusher has finally been beaten back, and from 400 miles up government satellites assure that the oil in the Gulf of Mexico is disappearing. But Dave Marino only wishes he could put that kind of distance between himself and the Deepwater Horizon spill. Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon - Oil spill - Environment - Energy
08/07/10 Chuck Cook In this Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 picture, A.C. Cooper, vice president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, holds a bottle of oil as he pleads to Ray Mabus, U.S. secretary of the Navy, to ensure the safety of Louisiana seafood during a town hall meeting for fishermen and residents in Buras, La. Cooper said that he collected it from an inland bay in southern Plaquemines Parish earlier in ...
08/05/10 Donations after the BP oil spill - what some have called the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history - have paled in comparison to responses to other disasters. Oil spill - BP - United States - Environment - Energy
08/04/10 BP said on Wednesday it was close to subduing its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, and the White House hailed the "beginning of the end" of efforts to contain the worst spill in U.S. history.
08/04/10 Listen to the Audio BP reports the static kill on the Gulf oil well is a success so far, but some Gulf Coast residents are questioning a new government report that states around three-quarters of the spilled oil is already gone. Gwen Ifill reports on the latest developments in the Gulf. GWEN IFILL : BP reported success today in its effort to end the Gulf oil spill once and for all. That word ...
07/30/10 Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen. Gulf of Mexico - United States - Business - Oil spill - Energy
07/29/10 GRAND CHENIER, La. (AP) - Sixteen birds washed of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill are free in southwest Louisiana. State and federal biologists released 13 laughing gulls, two royal terns and a sandwich tern on Wednesday at Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge in Grand Chenier. |