Seafood restaurant owners concerned spill could hurt supply
METAIRIE, La. – Restaurant owners and seafood retailers face an uncertain summer. The massive BP oil spill is generating questions about availability and cost. For now, supply is not a problem. “Today, we are still good,” Tommy Cvitanovich of Drago’s Restaurant in Metairie said Friday. “We have not had a supply issue. We have not had a price increase. Am I worried about it? You betcha …
Waveland, Mississippi Mayor Tommy Longo talks about the potential impact of the Gulf oil spill to the region’s fishing and tourism industries. (April 30).
Gov. Bobby Jindal sees coastal defense plan in Venice, acknowledges Gulf oil spill could go west of river
John McCusker / The Times-PicayunePlaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser holds press conference from Venice about Wednesday’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill activities. At the far right is Gov. Bobby Jindal.Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was in Venice this morning to…
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BP could pay megabucks in oil-spill costs
The oil spill spreading across the Gulf of Mexico has drained US$32 billion ($44 billion) from BP’s stock market value. Lawsuits, fines, cleanup and reputation-repair are certain to cost the company billions more and could tie up…
Giant cap to go over Gulf oil spill to arrive today; could it be a solution?
NEW ORLEANS — A possible short-term solution to bottling up a disastrous oil spill threatening sealife and livelihoods along the Gulf Coast should be arriving today in the form of a specially built giant concrete-and-steel box designed to siphon the oil away.
Giant box could be key to bottling Gulf oil spill
Allen G. Breed and Vicki Smith, The Associated Press The best short-term solution to bottling up a disastrous oil spill in the Gulf should be headed out to sea today in the form of a specially built giant concrete-and-steel box designed to siphon the oil away.
Spill could Kill Bill TransWorldNews (press release) A month before the disaster, President Obama announced plans to lift the offshore drilling ban that was put in place after the big oil spills of the late …
Gulf spill could affect marine life, shipping City Press The calamitous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has forced the shutdown of the gulf's rich fishing grounds and could also spread to the busy shipping lanes …
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