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1 Year Later: Could BP Spill Actually Save the Gulf Coast?

A year ago, when crude oil started to wash ashore in the wetlands of the Gulf Coast, the environment it entered was far from pristine. The BP oil spill, which began after the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20, 2010, was the most dramatic environmental disaster to hit the region since Hurricane Katrina. But the Gulf...

Gulf Oil Spill Health Survey Finds Illness, Anxiety Among Residents

(Aug. 3) -- Three months and counting after the BP oil spill first began ravaging their surroundings and wreaking havoc on employment, food safety and day-to-day decisions, Gulf Coast residents are anxious, distrustful and falling ill. In a survey published by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness -- the first to...

New BP Boss: Time to Scale Back Part of Oil Cleanup

(July 30) -- BP's incoming CEO told Gulf Coast residents today that it's time to begin scaling back parts of the oil spill cleanup. Bob Dudley, who doesn't officially take over until Oct. 1, met with residents and government officials in Biloxi, Miss., to discuss the company's long-term plans for dealing with the nation's...

Gulf's Coastal Wetlands Surviving Despite Oil

BELLE CHASE, La. (June 29) -- From a seaplane 1,000 feet above Louisiana's coastal wetlands, the places hit hardest by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are easy to spot - dark slashes marring a vast expanse of marshes and bayous. Yet more than two months after the spill started, the view appears to confirm what many...