New Orleans Oil Spill

Oil Spill Heads Inland -- Lake Pontchartrain, North Of New Orleans, Now Contaminated

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is seeping into Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans, threatening another env...

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New Orleans: The Joy and the Dread

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Shearer

As more details of the BP spill incident emerge, one spies a familiar pattern. Major projects in America seem to be rife with wishful thinking and short-term economics. Because it's cheaper to believe in best cases. Until the worst case happens.

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New Orleans Saints To Visit Oil Spill Areas

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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METAIRIE, La. — The Super Bowl champion Saints are heading down to coastal Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana on Tuesday to visit areas affected by...

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New Orleans Stories Ripped from the Headlines

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.06.2012

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

With Episode 5, we're halfway through Season 1. Former Times Picayune reporter Lolis Eric Elie wrote this episode, so it's a good time to describe the headlines that may have inspired plotline

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Not Quite "Beyond Petroleum"

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Shearer

From Iraq to Katrina to this oil spill, the recent history of arrogant ignorance -- who knew ice crystals form a mile down? -- seems to form our 21st-century legacy.

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Oil of Delay: McCain Cancels Louisiana Trip After Barge Spill

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

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McCain had been planning to visit an offshore rig on this New Orleans junket, but it's not the image a presidential candidate wants in the middle of an environmental nightmare.

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