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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
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- 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 August, 2010
8/8: New boom
Contract workers deploy fresh sorbent boom around Queen Bess Island, near Grand Isle, La., on Aug. 6, 2010. Click for more.
8/7: Oiled marsh
The Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper provided this Aug. 2 iPhone photo of oiled marsh along the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana. Click for more info.
8/6: From the air
This Aug. 3, 2010, shot by the U.S. Army shows a continuing impact of oil on Grand Terre Isle near Grand Isle, La. Click to learn more.
8/5: Fish kill
American Birding Association photographer Drew Wheelan nabbed this shot Aug. 4 of a huge fish kill in the waters near Fouchon, La. Click to read what he wrote on the ABA Gulf blog.
8/4: Food chain
University of Florida graduate student Mitzi Mize offers this artistic interpretation, “The Grand Food Chain,” as part of a summer project to express her angst about the Gulf catastrophe. Click image or headline to learn more.
8/3: Clean-up
Beach clean-up crews take a rest July 31 during oil recovery operations on Ship Island, Miss. Note the oil tarballs in the foreground. Click photo or headline for more.
8/2: NOLA protest
A July 31 protest in New Orleans about the BP oil spill drew musicians, activists and more, as shown on this photo by Infrogmation. Click photo or headline for more.
8/1: La. flyover
Above is a photo from a July 30 flyover of the Louisiana coast to illustrate oil impacts. Photo provided by the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. Click photo or headline to learn more.