![]() | AFP - Louisiana has reopened wide swaths of state fishing grounds that were closed in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after seafood testing, the state said. ... |
![]() | Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown ... |
![]() | AP - In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The following year the resulting "Earth Day" kick-star ... |
| by Ashley Braun. “Great for containing your gusher and protecting your junk shot!” We can’t say we’re surprised to see such a clever combination of causes (oil clean-up and responsible reproduction). We’re just surprised it took so long. The best th ... |
![]() | The Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin visits Louisiana where the Grand Isle community is dealing with the aftermath of the spill ... |
| Time magazine's Michael Grunwald, a fine environmental reporter who knows the region well, writes that it's turning out that the damage from the BP spill may not be as great as (nearly) everyone feared: Yes, the spill killed birds — but so far, less ... |
| Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill. Oilspill - Gulf of Mexico - Bird migr ... |
![]() | AP - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a federal judicial panel in Idaho is being asked to consolidate more than 300 spill-related lawsuits against BP and other companies before a single court. ... |
![]() | AFP - Families of those killed in a rig explosion and fishermen who lost their livelihoods due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will face energy giant BP in court for the first time Thursday. ... |
![]() | It is hard to look at the pictures in the following photo essay. They ask hard questions and provide no answers. Factually, they document how some people responded to a 400,000 gallon oil spill that's grown into a slick covering more than 150 square ... |
| Will half of BP's spill escrow fund come out of government coffers? ... |
![]() | AP - Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill. ... |
| Day 100Highlights in this issue: Who’s making money off the Gulf oil spill? Gulf state Republicans rip oil spill bill Oil spill could change fortunes of Gulf politicians NRDC Report: Oil causes 2,200 Gulf beach closings BP’s Gulf payments hit... ... |
![]() | Outgoing BP boss reviled for Gulf oil spill is the perfect role for chameleon actor Actor Michael Sheen looks a bit like a lot of people and sooner or later usually ends up playing them. It has already happened with Tony Blair, the young Brian Cloug ... |