From neworleans.com:

"NEW ORLEANS | I have obtained a copy of the almost-600-page BP Regional Oil Spill Response Plan for the Gulf of Mexico as of June, 2009, thanks to an insider. Some material has been redacted, but these are the three main takeaways from an initial read. The name of the well has been redacted, but if it's not Deepwater Horizon ( Read more... )

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I am pretty sure that President Obama will feel disgusted, because what he will encounter when he gets into this oil is disgusting. The oil lining the beaches of this beautiful coast stinks. It stinks, it's oily, it's sticky, it's toxic ( Read more... )

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Their stories are familiar to many in Grand Isle and throughout the Gulf region. Often families have been here for generations, earning a living, and making a life, that’s tied to the water - that’s tied to the magnificent coasts and natural bounty of this place. Here, this spill has not just damaged livelihoods. It’s upended whole communities. ( Read more... )

Mississippi governor Haley Barbour did his best to downplay the BP disaster just after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. By now, though, surely he can see the serious environmental damage that is ensuing, right? RIGHT?

Well, not so much.

But after Barbour visited Petit Bois Island yesterday and saw that the oil that came ashore ( Read more... )

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By the Numbers to Date-The administration has authorized 17,500 National Guard troops from Gulf Coast states to participate in the response to the oil spill ( Read more... )

Wait...WHAT?

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wrote President Obama a letter on Wednesday criticizing his decision to implement a temporary moratorium of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico ( Read more... )

Is there a valid reason at this point why BP is still calling the shots on anything? What kind of democracy allows BP to decide who can go where and what can be photographed? We're well past the point of another speech full of tough talk. Action, please.Here's what President Obama didn't see when he visited the Gulf Coast: a dead dolphin rotting in ( Read more... )

Of course, it had nothing to do with any action from BP.

Admiral Thad Allen approved part of Louisiana's Barrier Island project proposal today as a component of the Federal oil spill response, opening the door for Louisiana to recover its costs from BP or the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ( Read more... )

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