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What's Really Going to Destroy the Gulf Coast

(Oct. 30) -- Six months after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the areas affected by the massive oil spill are beginning to recover. But for years the Mississippi River delta has faced a threat even more insidious than that of a geyser of oil, and for many in coastal wetlands, "recovery" is a...

White House Chef Heads to New Orleans to Promote Gulf Seafood

(Sept. 13) -- In a continuing federal push to promote Gulf of Mexico seafood in the wake of the massive BP oil spill, White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg are traveling to New Orleans today to join with local and national chefs to boost the image of...

Spill Contaminants Linger as Surface Oil Breaks Up

(July 29) -- This week has seen a flurry of news coverage about oil disappearing from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. "Where Did All the Crude Go?" wondered one ABC News headline, while AFP declared, "The real difficulty now is finding any oil to clean up." But while the breakup of surface oil from the disastrous BP...