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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 September, 2010
9/7: Testimonial
Here’s a photo and testimonial of Mr. and Mrs. Tao Nguyen of Buras, La., by Terri Garland. This work and others are featured in “Gulf,” an exhibition at the New Orleans Photo Alliance that runs through next week.
9/6: The culprit?
Here’s an above-water look at the blowout preventer and cap that were removed Saturday from the Deepwater Horizon rig. Click to learn more.
9/5: Saving hermit crabs
Grand Isle State Park Interpretive Ranger Leanne Sarco and Frazer O’Hara display hundred of hermit crabs about to be released after they were rescued from the contaminated eastern shores of Grand Isle, La. Click to learn more.
9/4: Decontamination
VENICE, La. — A worker power washes an airboat Sept. 2 at the decontamination unit at the Deepwater Horizon Response Plaquemines Branch. Click to learn more.
9/3: Gulf rig fire
Above is a photo via Greenpeace that shows crews working to extinguish a fire that broke out on the Vermilion 380 oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. Click to learn more.
9/2: Explosion
The chilling news of another oil rig explosion off the Louisiana coast came this morning. Click for more.
9/1: Testing
Oceana.org researchers secure oil measuring straps around the Deepwater Horizon site while encountering rough seas earlier this week. Click to learn more about the group’s research.