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Why hasn’t all the oil gone?
2011 August 19 Friday Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana and Mississippi Today we flew about 500 miles over the Gulf to check out yet more reports of oil. We didn’t even get to some of the places reported, because in just a few hours we had already found plenty in at least four distinct locations — [...]
Raw Footage from the Gulf: Beaches in Bay Jimmy “Stained Black”; Grand Isle Oyster Beds Choke Under Heavy Sheen
BP and its boosters say we dodged a bullet. They beat their chests and shout from the treetops that the 200-million-gallon spill off Louisiana’s coast didn’t break the back of the Gulf like all the “doomsdayers” said it would. They talk of safe seafood and booming Gulf tourism. They tell us the oil is gone, [...]
Corps of Engineers’ delays are harmful to Louisiana’s coast: An editorial
Published: Wednesday, July 06, 2011, 7:56 AM Time may be the most implacable enemy Louisiana faces in its struggle to save its eroding coastline, and that’s why the state cannot afford delays in critical restoration projects, like those aimed at the Caminada shoreline and Shell Island. KARI DEQUINE / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Through a collaboration of [...]
Caminada shoreline restoration project is ready to go, corps says
Published: Tuesday, July 05, 2011, 4:30 AM The Army Corps of Engineers has finally unveiled a long-awaited $446 million plan to rebuild the Caminada shoreline south of Port Fourchon and the mostly disappeared Shell Island to the east of Grand Isle. View full sizeIt calls for a radically different approach to coastal restoration, one that [...]
Halliburton & Transocean Want States’ Claims Dismissed in Oil-Spill Litigation
By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) – Halliburton Energy Services and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling on Friday sought to dismiss two states’ economic damage claims in the consolidated Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation. Both companies seek dismissal of claims from Alabama and Louisiana in Pleading Bundle C, which covers claims for economic damages filed [...]
Joel Waltzer featured in trailer for Festival de Cannes
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