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Category: BP Disaster
Buzz: Crist drops match requirement
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist may be rethinking his plans for spending the $25 million that BP gave the state for tourism advertising. A memorandum of understanding has been drafted for the Governor…
Emotions run high, Anybody seen Miller?
Rep. Charlie Melancon gets emotional while talking about the impact of the Gulf oil spill on his state.
Three Little Pigs, Friday roundup
Montreal Gazette: “According to Florida publisher Rick Outzen, writing in the dailybeast.com..” Read more Notes from Grumpy Old Man (not C.C. Elebash): Obama Doctrine – “This is a story about the Three…
Uncensored photos of BP oil disaster
From Michael O’Donovan: I had the privilege to fly today from Gulf Shores out to the BP well site, over the Mississippi delta, and coastal islands with Dr Steven Smith and Dr…
BP: “We have not stopped the flow.”
We may have spoken too soon. Operation Top Kill could take 24-48 more hours before we know if it has worked. In the top kill maneuver, a 30,000-horsepower engine aboard a ship…
Crist withholds funds for Panhandle
Gov. Charlie Crist will be on Pensacola Beach tomorrow for an appearance on Fox & Friends around 7:15 a.m. Shortly after that national TV appearance, Crist will announce that none of the…
BP Protest Downtown
About 30 people showed up for a scheduled protest of BP in Plaza Ferdinand. The group known as Hear Our Voice To Save Our Coast, carried signs and wore shirts that expressed…
New plume found 20 miles off Mobile Bay
Washington Post is reporting University of South Florida researchers have found a new huge plume underwater that is northeast of the Deepwater Horizon rig. It’s made up of dissolved oil (i.e. disperants,…
Bayou Seafood OK For Now
Today IN spoke with Cliff Hall, one of the owners of the New Orleans Fish House Inc., which distributes locally to seafood restaurants. Hall says that despite fishing closures in his area…
Buzz: More tar balls
I got an text message saying the number of tar balls found on Pensacola Beach is 150, not 100. I love how the spin is that they aren’t from BP….if they aren’t,…
Black death: Wildlife death toll mounts
Washington Post: The official count of the spill so far: 440 birds, 393 of them dead, the rest captured alive. Dozens more turtles and dolphins have been found dead; scientists are still…