Mayors from across America visit Louisiana marsh fouled by BP oil spill
From the deck of a charter fishing boat idling near the marsh in Barataria Bay, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on Monday showed more than a dozen mayors from cities across America the damage BP’s oil spill in the Gulf… Read more on New Orleans Times-Picayune
Spewing 5000 Barrels of Oil a Day, BP Spill Hits Louisiana Coastline The massive BP oil well leak in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the Louisiana coastline as fears grow of a worse disaster than the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. 5000 barrels of oil a day continue to spew into the water beneath the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank last week. President Obama said BP is ultimately responsible for funding the response and cleanup operations, but vowed to increase federal involvement. Video Rating: 5 / 5
The World Socialist Web Site spoke to fishermen in southern Louisiana who will be devastated by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which threatens to shut down fishing, shrimping, and oyster farming for years. BP has hired only a minority of fishermen in the cleanup effort, while the others struggle to pay their bills with the paltry 00 compensation payment. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Louisiana demands justice, not charity
Henry Ford once described history as “one damned thing after another.” And he didn’t even live in Louisiana. Read more on CNN
Louisiana governor calls drilling moratorium a ‘man-made disaster’
President Obama has issued a moratorium on deep sea drilling in the Gulf of Mexico following the BP spill, but many residents of Grand Isle, a town on a barrier island off Lousiana, say this has the potential to become a ‘man-made disaster’ if oil companies leave the Gulf to drill elsewhere. Read more on Calcutta News
Louisiana leaders want Gulf drilling to resume
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At the same time they are venting their fury on BP over the Gulf of Mexico spill and its calamitous environmental effects, Louisiana politicians are rushing to the defense of the oil-and-gas industry and pleading with Washington to bring back offshore drilling — now. Read more on New Jersey Herald
Saints visit Louisiana communities weary of oil
Louisiana residents weary from the worst-ever U.S. oil spill set aside its misery for a few hours Tuesday to schmooze with the National Football League-champion New Orleans Saints. Along the main highway to Fort Jackson in Plaquemines Parish, coach Sean Payton, team owner Tom Benson and some players passed Saints banners that sprouted where anti-BP signs had stood. Read more on AP via Yahoo! Sports
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