Oil Spill Louisiana

A House Divided: Creatively Funding Oil Spill Coverage

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 08.17.2011

Karen Dalton-Beninato

Following the news about the Gulf of Mexico one year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster can be like reading "A Tale of Two Places." The ocean, the...

BP Still Doesn't Want You to See Its Tarballs

Mother Jones | Posted 05.30.2011

Lots has changed on Elmer's Island. Nearly a year after the great oilpocalypse of 2010, this Louisiana wildlife refuge about 50 miles south of New Orl...

Obama Heading To Gulf Soon For Oil Spill Update

AP | ROBERT BURNS and STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 05.25.2011

VENICE, La. — No remedy in sight, President Barack Obama on Sunday warned of a "massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster" as...

What a Difference a Spill Makes

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.25.2011

Frank Sesno

There are so many questions the spill in the Gulf now raises. What will be the impact on offshore drilling -- which has been one of the few growth sec...

'Thick Like Pancake Batter:' Oil Has Broken Into Many Slicks

Posted 05.25.2011

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- In sensitive marshes on the Louisiana coast, oil thick as pancake batter suffocates grasses and traps pelicans. Blobs ...

Louisiana Oil Spill 2010 PHOTOS: Gulf Of Mexico Disaster Unfolds

Posted 05.25.2011

On April 20, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and commencing months of oil leaking unrestrained into ...