Surface of Gulf of Mexico looks better, but millions of gallons of oil remain...
Charter captain Mike Frenette has been wondering whether the news media are living in a parallel universe. The Internet and mainstream media this week are filled with reports that the BP oil disaster...
View ArticleOil industry safety record blown open
The oil industry has been responsible for thousands of fires, explosions, and leaks over the last decade, killing dozens of people and destroying wildlife and the environment across America, according...
View ArticleStatic kill of BP well could begin over weekend
NEW ORLEANS -- A procedure intended to ease the job of permanently plugging the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could start as early as the weekend, the government's point man for the spill...
View ArticleGulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution
HOUMA, La. — Loulan Pitre Sr. was born on the Gulf Coast in 1921, the son of an oysterman. Nearly all his life, he worked on the water, abiding by the widely shared faith that the resources of the Gulf...
View ArticleGulf states now worry about restoring their image
Louisiana fishermen pray their livelihood will return, hoteliers in Alabama wait for the phones to ring, and New Orleans' finest chefs cook up public relations strategies rather than po'-boys — all...
View ArticleTranscript of National Incident Commander Thad Allen’s Thursday briefing
This is the transcript of National Incident Commander Thad Allen's briefing with reporters July 29 on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The transcript was ditributed by the Deepwater Horizon Incident...
View ArticleHayward Defends Tenure, BP’s Spill Response
LONDON—Tony Hayward, the departing chief executive of BP PLC, is unrepentant about how the energy giant responded to the U.S.'s largest offshore oil spill. In his first interview after agreeing to step...
View ArticleSeeking oil spill work, homeless fill Gulf Coast shelters
The director of the homeless service center 15 Place in downtown Mobile calls them "rainbow chasers" -- unemployed, sometimes unemployable, people who've come to Mobile in hopes of striking oil cleanup...
View ArticleIs the Government to Blame for Oil Spill?
The White House has some tough questions to answer about the Deepwater Horizon disaster in light of a new report from the Center for Public Integrity [1]. In the critical first days after the...
View ArticleNews Cycle Turns in BP’s Favor
BP has received one of the biggest maulings in corporate history over the past three months as it struggled to contain the oil gushing from its well in the Gulf of Mexico. Newspapers, TV anchors,...
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