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Pre-Spill, Coastal Threats Cannot Be Ignored, Environmentalists Say

Susan Buchanan | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans, Hurricanes, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Borgne, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Clean Water Act, Cypress Trees, Boemre, Gulf Restoration Network, Drought, Marshes, Wetlands, National Wildlife Federation, U.S. Geological Survey, BP Oil Spill, Oceans, Mississippi River, Green News
Susan Buchanan

This article was published in the Louisiana Weekly in the May 2, 2011 edition. Before the BP spill, a number of Louisiana towns were underwater, loc...

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Gulf Beach Cleaning Slows Though Tar Remains

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

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
Susan Buchanan

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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Oil Spill Forces Animals To Flee To Shallow Water Off Coast, Scientists Warn Of 'Mass Die-Off'

AP | JAY REEVES, JOHN FLESHER and TAMARA LUSH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Death Toll, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Oxygen, Dead Zone, Birds, Wildflife, Habitat, Gulf Oil Spill, Cleanup, Alabama, Marshes, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oil Spill, Fish, Oil, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Green News

GULF SHORES, Ala. — Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small ...

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Gulf Oil Blowout and Gusher: Environmental Catastrophe or Much Ado About Nothing?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dulac Community Center, Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Plaquemines Parish, BP America, Rebecca Templeton, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Rivers, Billy Nungesser, Jamie Billiot, Marshes, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill, Mississippi Delta, Deepwater Horizon, Oil, Wetlands, Oceans, Wildlife, Bayou Grace, Mississippi River, Green News
Bill Chameides

The blowout accident is just one more in a seemingly endless string of environmental insults and injuries. Life on the bayou gets harder each year and a rich and unique heritage is slowly eroding away.

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British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Dolphins, Murrenhill, ROC Containment Barrier, Television, Oiled Pelicans, Marshes, Louisiana, Wkrg, British Petroleum, Dispersants, Media Spin, Sea Life in Peril, Houma, Alaska, Corexit, Grand Isle Louisiana Beach Closed, North Slope, Fort Jackson, Alabama, Coast Guard, Hugh Depland, San Francisco, Tri-State Bird Cleaning, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

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A Time for Moral Reckoning

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stewards, Jim Wallis, Economy, BP Oil Rig, Teachable Moment, Renewable Energy, Addiction, Environmental Threats, Gulf, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Energy Economy, Environmental Destruction, Gulf of Mexico, Greed, Gulf Coast, Bp, Politics, Oil Rig, Community, Oil, Disaster, Lie, Moral Issue, Moral Issues, Anger, Marshes, Sea, New Economy, Water, Gulf Coast Residents, Land, Crisis, New York Times, Accountability, Government Regulation, Creation, Hurricane, Ocean, Oil Dependence, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Theologically, we are witnessing a massive despoiling of God's creation. We were meant to be stewards of the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, we are watching the destruction of all that. Why?

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Gulf Oil Spill: Louisiana Wetlands Blanketed With BP Crude (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Marshes, Oil Spill, Plaquemines Parish, Bobby Jindal, Pass a Loutre, Wetlands, Gulf Oil Spill, Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf of Mexico, Marsh, Offshore Oil Drilling, Wildlife, Video, Green News

(AP) -- AT PASS A LOUTRE, La. - A chocolate-brown blanket of oil about as thick as latex paint has invaded reedy freshwater wetlands at Louisiana's so...

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