08/17/10 Team from Georgia Says Earlier Gov't Reports that 74% of Oil Was Gone Misinterpreted Data
08/17/10 Georgia Team Says Earlier Government Reports that 74 Percent of Oil Was Gone Misinterpreted the Data Complete Coverage
08/17/10 Fishermen Say No Tar Balls Foul Water, But Scientists Say 80% of Oil Remains, Contradicting Gov't Claims
08/17/10 Grand Isle, La. -- Commercial shrimpers out for the first season since BP's disastrous spill indicated their catch was plentiful and free of oil, despite a report by scientists that much of the crude remains below the surface of the Gulf.
08/17/10 Fishermen Who Spent Much Of The Summer Mopping Up Oil From Bp's Disastrous Spill Got Back To Work As The Fall Shrimping Season In Louisiana's Coastal Waters Opened Monday...
08/03/10 JENKINS Air Force Airman Cory L. Jenkins graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.
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 Captain Vatroslav Garbin stands near his commercial oyster boat while on standby with the vessels of opportunity program in Empire, La., Thursday, July 29, 2010. Garbin signed a contract to participate in the vessels of opportunity program, but he has yet to be called to assist. As less heavy oil is found on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and commercial fishing waters remain closed, local ...
07/29/10 Even When The Oily Sheen Starts Fading From The Surface Of The Gulf Of Mexico, It Manages To Become Bad News For Fishermen Many Of Those Whose Fisheries Were...
07/28/10 NEW ORLEANS -- Like the coastal waters soiled by BP oil, there has been an ebb and flow to the response effort over the past 100 days. On April 20, a 240 foot flame lit up the night sky, 40 miles off the coast of Venice Louisiana. There were 126 crew members aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig when a series of explosions rocked the platform. "We have no idea where the 11 people, the unaccounted for ...
07/27/10 NEW ORLEANS -- Diana Chauvin had been operating La Thai Uptown out of a leased building in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, for 2 1/2 years when she decided it was time to buy the building.
07/19/10 CHAUVIN, La., July 19 (UPI) -- Louisiana Cajuns say they're staying in bayou communities where their families have been for generations, even as the BP oil spill threatens their livelihoods. Louisiana - Cajun - BP - Environment - Oil spill
07/12/10 Published: Monday, July 12, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 12, 2010 at 11:32 a.m. said. Greg J. LeBlanc, 33, 5846 La. 56, Chauvin is charged with DWI and assorted traffic violations, including aggravated flight from an officer.
07/05/10 Number of new claims to BP has outpaced rate of checks sent, and the cost of claims is rising. BP - Business - Insurance - Financial Services - Claims
07/05/10 CHAUVIN, LA. -- The BP claims center here is housed in a former bar and dance hall complete with parquet wood floors, but there is little to celebrate. Louisiana - United States - Business and Economy - BP - History
07/05/10 CHAUVIN, LA. -- The BP claims center here is housed in a former bar and dance hall complete with parquet wood floors, but there is little to celebrate. Louisiana - United States - Business and Economy - Gulf of Mexico - History
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06/29/10 In times when sands can blacken with a shift of the wind, even a place known as ``The World's Luckiest Fishing Village'' leaves little to chance. Along the tiny road of strip malls and ranch homes that winds through the city, customers drop by a hardware store with a marquee that advertises: ``Oil Boom: $6 A Ft.''
06/29/10 Frustrated by what they see as ineffective relief efforts from BP and the federal government, many Louisiana residents are turning to local nonprofit and faith-based groups for help in the wake of the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
06/28/10 Fifty years on, Jazz à Juan still draws music lovers to the French Riviera, says Ferne Arfin. |