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Entries by Susan Buchanan from 01/2011

Moderate Fuel Prices Should Keep Heating Bills in Check

| Posted 01.07.2011 | Business
Read More: Elderly, Hedging, New York Mercantile Exchange, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Electricity, La Nina, Entergy Corp., Pipelines, Louisiana State University, Coal, Atmos Energy, National Weather Service, Natural Gas, Business News

Huge, home-heating bills in first-quarter 2010 are an unhappy memory. But southeast Louisiana residents may not have to dig as deeply into pockets in early 2011 to stay warm, experts say.

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Fishermen Dismayed Over Low Payouts in Spill Claims

| Posted 01.21.2011 | Green
Read More: Seedco Financial, Bp, Ken Feinberg, US Dept. Of Justice, Oil, Florida Realtors, Vessels of Opportunity, Charter Boats, Motley Rice, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Seafood, Gcg, Green News

For fishermen counting on checks for losses they sustained from the BP spill, the mail can bring the denial of a claim or a much slimmer payout than anticipated.

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Nonprofit Groups To Bird-Dog Spill Report Proposals

| Posted 01.24.2011 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. Senate, University of Maryland, Bp, Oil Spill, Guardians of the Gulf, Health, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, Catholic Charities, GNO Inc., Plaquemines Parish, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Coastal Heritage Society of Louisiana, Clean Water Act, Exxon Valdez, Business News

Coastal advocates like much, though not all, of what they've read in the national, oil-spill commission report released this month, and instead of stashing the document in a desk drawer, they plan to stay engaged and speak up about its ideas.

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