BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy The Guardian | For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… 'The spill is slathering four states now. It could be blown over to Texas. It could show up in the marinas of Key West... Lawsui...
Along the Gulf Coast: Uneasy feelings, uncertain future USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Rhyne Piggott, USA TODAY One-year-old Rebecca Nata, foreground, joins Maggie Duplantier, 11, and Veronica Nata, 12, in the Gulf waters off Waveland Beach, Miss., a day after crews removed tar balls that had washed ashore. By Judy Ke...
Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher The Examiner Comments NEW ORLEANS (Map, News) - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. | Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will ...
Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher Kansas City Star Patrick Semansky James Lee Witt stands at a news conference as BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley announces Witt's hiring as an advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., Friday, July 30, 2010. Wi...
Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher Herald Tribune | NEW ORLEANS - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. | Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will be used to plug the...
Debris in Relief Well Sets Back Work on Gusher The New York Times | Filed at 4:01 a.m. ET | NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. | Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultim...
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First lady to make 2nd Gulf trip following spill The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama is returning to the Gulf region next week to meet with Coast Guard personnel in Mississippi who have been responding to the massive oil sp...
BP Is Set to Test if New Cap Stops Oil The New York Times | NEW ORLEANS — With a new, tighter-fitting cap in place on its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP prepared on Tuesday to test whether the gusher could be stopped complet...
Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase The Examiner Comments BILOXI, Miss. (Map, News) - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen. | T...
La. foundation will administer oil workers fund The Examiner Comments JACKSON, Miss. (Map, News) - BP is giving a Louisiana charity $100 million to hand out to oil rig workers struggling because of the federal moratorium on new deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Friday. | The Gulf Coast...
Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase Philadelphia Daily News | HARRY R. WEBER and GREG BLUESTEIN | The Associated Press | BILOXI, Miss. - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And f...
Crews beat back wildfire in desert north of LA Houston Chronicle | PALMDALE, Calif. - Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the high desert north of Los Angeles. | The blaze was 62 percent contained Saturday morning and no structures were threatened, according to Los Angeles County Fire Capt....
Firefighters rescue man stuck in wall during fire The Examiner Comments KEIZER, Ore. (Map, News) - Keizer firefighters have rescued a man who got himself stuck in a bathroom wall when the dinner he was cooking caught fire in the kitchen. | Keizer Fire District officials say the homeowner was in his bathroom Tuesday evening when he heard his smoke alarm sound. He opened the door to heavy smoke and flames, so he...
