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Blog Entries by Susan Buchanan from 04/2011

Scientists Need Funds to Continue Spill-Related Research

| Posted 04.20.2011 | Green
Read More: National Science Foundation, Epa, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, University of New Orleans, Tulane University, Mississippi State University, Dispersants, Oil Pollution Act, Noaa, BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, Louisiana State University, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Gulf of Mexico Alliance, Gulf Oil Spill Anniversary, Oil Spill Anniversary, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News

Last summer, biologists and chemists whipped through Gulf waters collecting samples to gauge impacts from BP's spill. Analyzing some of those samples is stalled, however, until BP releases more research funds.

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Oyster Growers Say Post-Spill Assistance Is Inadequate

| Posted 04.25.2011 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Greater New Orleans Foundation, Caernarvon Diversion, St. Bernard Parish, Ken Feinberg, Lake Borgne, Plaquemines Parish, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Restaurants, Shrimp, BP Oil Spill, Oil Pollution Act, U.S. Dept. Of the Interior, Louisiana Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Mississippi River, Business News

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 25, 2011 edition.) African American oystermen in Louisiana's lower Plaquemines Par...

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