Gulf Coast

Jimmy Buffett Talks About His Return To The Gulf Coast

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Casinos, Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville, Mississippi Travel, Destinations, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Jimmy Buffett 2012, Biloxi, Hotels, Jimmy Buffett, Mississippi, US Destinations, Travel News, Jimmy Buffett News, Margaritaville Biloxi, Margaritaville, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Travel News

America's poet laureate of shiftlessness sounds downright determined when he talks about bringing his come-as-you-are kingdom to the benighted shores ...

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Bless These Shrimp: Faith, Fishing And Gulf Coast Restoration

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: RESTORE Act, Sustainable Food, Gulf Coast Recovery, Gulf Oil Spill, Louisiana, Catholic Church, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Coast, Green Faith, Gulf of Mexico, BP Oil Spill, Religion News

For many years, communities of faith have provided a safety net to fisher families impacted by bad seasons or disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the BP spill. They have also seen firsthand the vital connection between the health of natural resources and the life of the community.

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WATCH: The Gulf Coast's Ironic Tourism Sponsor

AP | By BETH J. HARPAZ | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast Tourism, Bp Gulf Coast Ads, Video, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Coast Travel, Gulf Coast, Travel News

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- If you've turned on a TV lately, chances are you've seen ads for the Gulf Coast featuring beaches, seafood and friendly faces. But ...

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BP Settlement Offers Hope For Victims With Health Concerns

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Bp, BP Settlement, Video, Gulf Settlement, Bp-Oil-Spill, BP Oil Spill 2010, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Bp Oil Spill Health Claims, Gulf Coast, Gulf Oil Spill Health Claims, Gulf Oil Spill 2010, Green News

BOOTHEVILLE, La. — A settlement that BP is hammering out with victims of the massive Gulf oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring hea...

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How Fat Is Fat Tuesday? [GRAPHIC]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Carnival, Fat Tuesday, Tulane University, Thanksgiving, Floats, Parades, King Cakes, Catholic, mint.com, Lent, Mardi Gras, Beads, Gulf Coast, Pancakes, Video, Business News

Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, may be celebrated by young and old, drunk and sober, but when it comes to economic impact, the celebration's moniker is no...

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Did It Take An Oil Spill To Highlight Gulf Destruction?

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Video, Gulf of Mexico Environment, Gulf Coast Environment, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Gulf Environment, Ap, Green News

TIVOLI, Texas (AP) — For decades, farmers and fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico watched as their sensitive ecosystem's waters slowly got dirtier an...

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How Microbes And Currents Saved The Gulf From Total Disaster

| Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Gulf Oil Spill Microbes, Video, Oil-Eating Microbes Gulf, Gulf Oil Spill Oil-Eating Microbes, Bp-Oil-Spill, Gulf Recovery, Gulf Oil Cleanup, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Green News

By David Biello (Click here for the original article.) Microbes kept the oil and gas spewing from the Macondo well from becoming even more of a di...

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Florida's Biggest Tourism Boom Since Great Recession

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: BP Oil Spill, Florida News, Gulf Coast, Florida Tourism, Miami News

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A flood of new visitors from Brazil and a stunning post-oil-spill rebound by Panhandle beaches were bright spots in 2011 for a...

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Now Is the Time to Invest in Restoring the Health of the Gulf of Mexico

Vikki N. Spruill | Posted 02.06.2012

It took just 89 days for that well to spew over 4 million barrels of oil, but it will take much longer for us to fully understand the impact of this disaster -- and longer still to rebuild a healthy and prosperous Gulf of Mexico.

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Coast Guard Approves Plan To End BP Oil Spill Cleanup

AP | CAIN BURDEAU and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Bp, Video, Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Environment, Deepwater Horizon, Suzanne Kerver, Coast Guard, BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — BP will no longer be responsible for cleaning up oil that winds up on shores of the Gulf Coast unless officials can prove it comes...

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BP To Pay Texas Millions For Air Pollution Violations

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Bp, Video, Texas City Refinery, Environment, Bp Texas Air Pollution Violations, Attorney General Greg Abbott, Texas Air Pollution, Bp Air Pollution, Air Pollution, Gulf of Mexico, Texas City, Greg Abbott, Gulf Coast, Green News

HOUSTON — BP will pay Texas $50 million after the sides reached an unprecedented settlement over air pollution violations at the beleaguered oil...

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A New Tropical Medicine Clinic for 'Third World America'

Peter Hotez, M.D, Ph.D. | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Neglected-Tropical-Diseases, Gulf Coast, Poverty, Disease in America, Chagas, Poverty Rates, Ntds, Poverty in America, Vaccines, Healthy Living Body, Personal Health, Healthy Living News

Poor economic conditions have been known to increase the risk of disease. But only recently have diseases of poverty, mostly associated with countries outside the U.S., been recognized as a problem here at home.

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My Vanity Fair Moment

Abigail Spencer | Posted 12.14.2011

Forever, my Vanity Fair moment will be the story of my father beginning to love me in his passing ... in ways he couldn't in his presence.

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The State of the Gulf Coast: A Report by Save Our Gulf Waterkeepers

Edward James Olmos | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Green News

While progress has been made and restoration has most certainly begun in the gulf since the BP gusher last year, its clear from a new report that there is a great deal of work to be done.

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Gulf Cleanup Needed Before Ecosystem Becomes Uninhabitable, Government Report Says

AP | Ramit Plushnick-Masti | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Bp Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf-of-Mexico, Gulf Cleanup, Video, Gulf Coast Cleanup, Gulf Restoration, Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Green News

From Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press: HOUSTON (AP) -- Coastal states must work together to restore key elements of the Gulf of Mexico that ...

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Tropical Storm Lee Begins Pelting Gulf Coast

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Gulf Coast States, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Irene, Video, Tropical-Storm-Lee, Louisiana, Tropical Storm, Labor Day, Florida, Tropical Storms, Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Lee, Extreme-Weather, Gulf Coast, Green News

JEAN LAFITTE, La. — Bands of heavy rain and strong wind gusts from Tropical Storm Lee knocked out power to thousands in Louisiana and Mississipp...

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Tropical Storm Lee Threatens Gulf Coast With Heavy Rain

AP | Posted 11.02.2011

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MIAMI — A large storm system churning in the Gulf Of Mexico grew Friday into Tropical Storm Lee, beginning a Labor Day weekend-long assault that...

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Tropical Storm Warnings Issued Along Gulf Coast

AP | JANET MCCONNAUGHEY | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Hurricanes, Tropical Storm Warning, Tropical-Storm-Katia, Bobby Jindal, Texas, Video, Tropical-Storm-Lee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tropical Storm, Tropical Storms, Extreme Weather, Extreme-Weather, Gulf Coast, Green News

By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A large storm system churning in the Gulf Of Mexico grew Friday into Tropical Storm...

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Who Are The Tar Sands Protesters?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Tar Sands, Transcanada, Tar Sands Protest, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil Pipelines, Transcanada Pipeline, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Gulf Coast, Barack Obama, Keystone Pipeline, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The debate over the Keystone XL oil pipeline reached a fever pitch this week as activists led by author and environmentalist Bill McKibb...

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Department Of Justice Investigates BP For Faulty Oil Spill Estimates

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Coast Guard, Justice Department, Gulf Oil Spill, Eric Holder, BP Lawsuit, Oil Industry, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Deepwater Drilling, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Environment, Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Video, Green News

On April 25, 2010, BP assured the Gulf Coast that a disaster wasn't unfolding. Five days earlier, the Deepwater Horizon, a BP-leased rig in the Gul...

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To the End of the Bayou; a Gulf Memory for Our Kids

Rocky Kistner | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Fishing, Oceans, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Green News

I've vowed to take my two young daughters to witness firsthand the beauty of the bayou threatened by the encroaching waves of the Gulf. Last weekend we finally got our chance.

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The Missing Truth In The BP Oil Disaster

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Bp, BP Oil Spill, Health Care, Gulf Coast, Impact News

More than a year after a private company operating in public waters retched 170 million gallons of crude and 2 million gallons of toxic dispersants into the Gulf of Mexico, we still lack reliable statistics on the BP oil disaster's impact on the health of residents.

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Devastating Report Exposes Unequal Treatment of BP Illness Claims

Jordan Flaherty | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Bp, Bp Claims, Environment, Agent Orange, Gulf Oil Spill, Kenneth Feinberg, Gulf Coast, September 11th, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility has broken with his own past practices, as well as the evidence compiled by scientists and the experience of Gulf Coast residents, and refused to pay health claims filed by Gulf Coast residents.

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The BP Spill One Year Later: Renewing Trust Along With Ecology

Ian R. MacDonald | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Gulf Coast, Green News

The oil in the gulf has devastated the livelihoods of many Gulf residents in a way that no BP lucre could repay. But something else had been dealt a deadly blow, something just as difficult to restore as damaged ecology and economic well-being: trust.

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Government Oversight Committee Demands Economic Considerations for Gulf Safety Regs

Jerry Cope | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Darrell Issa, Nrdc, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Michael Bromwich, Obama Administration, BP Oil Spill, Corexit, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Gulf Safety Regulation, Oil Spill Report, Green News

It is misguided at best and counter to any reasonable concept of independently established regulatory protection to factor economic considerations into the formula for safety regulations.

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