The message to the federal government from Wednesday's Rally For Economic Survival was clear: End the arbitrary deepwater drilling moratorium and let the Gulf Coast get back to work.
With its large bay area, beaches and salt marshes, Massachusetts is a primary nesting ground for many endangered coastal water birds, particularly the piping plover. However, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico puts these birds at great risk.
It is impossible for some people to separate the name British Petroleum from the oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. But when a man began protesting in front of a British Petroleum service station in Massachusetts last week, the station's owner launched his own campaign.
Dawn LeJeune operates a restaurant that specializes in seafood in Plaquemine. The “Seafood Connection” owner says she is weathering the recent Gulf Coast crisis but is beginning to notice an increase in prices and bulk of product coming from saltwater fisheries wholesalers.
With its large bay area, beaches and salt marshes, Massachusetts is a primary nesting ground for many endangered coastal water birds, particularly the piping plover. However, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico puts these birds at great risk.
It is impossible for some people to separate the name British Petroleum from the oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. But when a man began protesting in front of a British Petroleum service station in Massachusetts last week, the station's owner launched his own campaign.
Dawn LeJeune operates a restaurant that specializes in seafood in Plaquemine. The “Seafood Connection” owner says she is weathering the recent Gulf Coast crisis but is beginning to notice an increase in prices and bulk of product coming from saltwater fisheries wholesalers.
The Better Business Bureau has released a list of charities helping in the cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico that meet the bureau's Wise Giving Alliance's standards for charity accountability.
Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research will be expanding its operation in Fort Jackson, La., in order to accommodate the numbers of birds it expects to receive in the future as the oil spill in the Gulf continues to grow, said Rebecca Dunne, facility manager for the organization that's been contracted by BP to help with oil spill clean up.
The residents of Cameron Parish, La., are doing what they have done so many times before: preparing for the worst. However, this time it isn’t for a hurricane. It's the oncoming encroachment of oil from the Gulf of Mexico into their marshlands, a fragile ecosystem that has already been devastatingly battered by at least two major hurricanes within the last five years.
As the war against oil continues on the Gulf, many throughout the community are wondering how they can help.
Birds fly over oil-soaked rocks that make up the coastline of Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, La., on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Birds navigate oil-covered rocks around Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, La., on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The rocks and shoreline will have to be washed to remove the oil that has washed up from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
News of the day, quote of note and number to know about the Gulf Coast oil spill.
From behind the wheel of his 30-foot fishing boat, Freddy Demolle is right at home. His weathered face and tanned hands testify to the many days spent just as this one, speeding through the marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi in southern Plaquemines Parish. But instead of trawling for fish, shrimp or crabs, Demolle is ferrying groups of media representatives to parts of the marsh stricken by oil. This is his new routine.
Florida resident Dolores Pittman shares some of her photos of beach cleanup near Pensacola.
Barb Craig and 10 longtime girlfriends from Pekin, Ill., planned the vacation for more than a year, booked their reservations six months ago, and then spent a week in Gulf Shores, Ala., watching tar balls washing ashore and smelling petroleum in the sea breezes. The friends found themselves in the middle of a global news story, watching planes, helicopters and boats involved in cleanup of the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
News of the day, quote of note and number to know about the Gulf Coast oil spill.
Millions of ducks could fly into trouble when they arrive at their wintering grounds this fall. About 13 million ducks spend the winter on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the area that has been hard hit by the massive oil spill.
A quick-hit look at President Obama's address to the nation Tuesday on the Gulf oil spill.
