Environmental
The Hard Truth … Disaster response: Making it better, not worse
By J. Kojo Livingston The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Columnist We just finished a discussion of the conservative/racists new sport of comparing and denouncing disaster victims.
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Oyster growers say post-spill help is inadequate
By Susan Buchanan The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer African-American oystermen on the east bank of lower Plaquemines Parish are a tenacious bunch and don’t intend
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The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports Under an unprecedented agreement announced Thursday by the Natural Resource Trustees for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Trustees), BP has agreed to provide ... BP…the victim?
The British Petroleum company has filed lawsuits against all of the vendors that helped it take and endanger lives and commerce in the gulf. The oil giant says that ... Community still struggles for say in oil spill recovery
By Nayita Wilson The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer One year after the disaster, nonprofit leaders representing environmental agencies that have been actively involved in the BP oil spill clean-up and recovery processes ... Gulf Coast Marks First Anniversary With Host of Events
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon platform claimed 11 lives on this Gulf of Mexico oil rig, injured 17 others and triggered the most massive oil ... As BP oil spill anniversary looms, groups laud RESTORE Act
A coalition of environmental, economic and social equity organizations on Thursday praised the Senate introduction of a bipartisan bill to ensure that 80 percent of the Clean Water Act (CWA) ... Scientists need funds to continue spill-related research
By Susan Buchanan The Louisiana Weekly, Contributing Writer Last summer, biologists and chemists whipped through Gulf waters in rented fishing boats and sloshed around in local marshes with nets and vials, collecting ... Private seafood tests uncover toxins missed by feds
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Consumers used to worry about ordering seafood fried, instead of the healthier broiled-or-stewed option, but since the BP spill they’re unsure about whether to eat it at ...
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