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Entries by Susan Buchanan from 02/2011

Jobs Lost to Deep Drilling Ban Less Than Predicted

| Posted 02.01.2011 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Gno, Workers, Africa, Houma, Senator Mary Landrieu, Inc., Rigs, Clean Energy, Deepwater Moratorium, Louisiana State University, Boemre, U.S. Dept. Of Interior, Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, Lafayette, BP Oil Spill, Business News

The Gulf Coast remains banged up and broken from BP's spill. But worries that Louisiana workers would be hit hard by the federal drilling ban still haven't materialized.

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Private Seafood Tests Uncover Toxins Missed By Feds

| Posted 02.08.2011 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Epa, US Coast Guard, Bp, Corexit, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Cadmium, Fda, Shrimp, Oil, Oysters, Dispersants, NOLA Emergency Response, Noaa, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Business News

Consumers used to worry about ordering seafood fried, instead of the healthier broiled-or-stewed option, but since the BP spill they're unsure about whether to eat it at all.

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New Orleans Tap Water Beats Odds, Meets All Regulatory Standards

| Posted 02.16.2011 | Business
Read More: Industrial Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Petrochemicals, Baton Rouge, U.S. Coast Guard, Lower Ninth Ward, La. Dept. Of Environmental Quality, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pollutants, Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, La. Dept. Of Health & Hospitals, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Business News

Residents worry about spills in the river, and wonder if oil lapping at the coast has affected their faucet water. Local, state and federal authorities, however, say the city's tap water meets and, under some criteria, exceeds their standards.

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Gulf Beach Cleaning Slows Though Tar Remains

| Posted 02.23.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Sea Turtles, Marshes, U.S. Coast Guard, Louisiana, Fish, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Birds, Grand Isle Port Commission, BP Oil Spill, Plaquemines Parish, Environmental Protection Agency., Gulf Restoration Network, Green News

Southeast Louisiana beach lovers -- upset about losing last summer's surf to the BP spill -- may be eager to grab a towel on the first, warm weekend and head down to Grand Isle. But some local observers feel the cleaning effort should continue.

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