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- 6/25: Biden, Mabus to visit Gulf coast
- 6/23: More oil gushing
- 6/22: Gulf rig owner criticizes President Obama's drilling halt
- 6/20: BP exec's yachting trip infuriates
- 6/19: Questions on who is in charge
- 6/18: BP's Hayward off spill duty, more
- 6/16: BP to create $20b escrow fund
Archive for July, 2010
7/9: Dismantled boom
High tides at Grand Isle, La., are dismantling protective boom across the shore, as highlighted in this July 7 photo by American Birding Association photographer Drew Wheelan. Click photo or headline for more.
7/8: Texas tar balls
Ronnie Rouse, of T&T Marine Salvage, a company contracted to clean tar balls off of Galveston beaches, picks up a tar ball on East Beach on July 6. Click photo or headline for more.
7/7: At water’s edge
American Birding Association photographer Drew Wheelan snapped this photo of a dead royal tern at the water’s edge on Grand Isle, La. Click the photo or headline to learn more.
7/6: Oiled shovel
“Kung Fu Bonanza” snapped this photo of a shovel mired in oil gunk on July 2 at the south end of Gulf Shores Parkway beach at Gulf Shores, Ala. Click photo or headline to learn more.
7/5: Working on it
A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter flies overhead as the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute steams near Deepwater Horizon spill site, July 4, 2010. Click photo or headling for more.
7/4: Rallying
The Sierra Club planted 10,000 American flags on June 30 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to spell out “Freedom from Oil” during a rally to help our nation move beyond oil in the next 20 years. Click photo or headline for more.
7/3: Swooping
Photographer Pinar Ozger captured this swooping pelican obviously hunting for food with oiled boom in the background. Click the headline or photo for more. SEND your photos today.
7/2: Burning off oil
California photographer Pinar Ozger snapped this image of how officials are herding and burning oil off the Louisiana coast. Click the photo or headline to learn more.
7/1: Dying grass
California photographer Pinar Ozger showcases how oil from the BP disaster has started killing marsh grass in Louisiana. Click the photo or headline to learn more.
OPED, 7/1: Tapping American volunteerism
JULY 1, 2010 — With oil still spewing into the Gulf after 10 weeks, Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated. How in the world can people in the richest and most technologically inventive country in the world still not get the doggone gusher under control?