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Rough Waters Remain for Louisiana Seafood

In a few places in southern Louisiana's Barrataria Bay and Bay Jimmy, oil still sheens from the marshes. That shimmer, and the areas around them still closed to fishing, serves as a reminder for all fishermen in the Gulf Coast of the challenges they face in the coming years. The BP oil spill, which began a year ago today,...

Dangerous Thunderstorms Roll Into the East and South Today

Dangerous thunderstorms will spread into large portions of the East and South today and tonight, with the threat of damaging wind, large hail and isolated tornadoes extending from western New England to the Gulf Coast. The new storms are associated with the same storm system that produced tornadoes in the Plains and...

Another Oil Spill in the Gulf? [VIDEO]

Mother Uses Her Body to Shield Children From Bullets

When a shower of bullets started spraying her house Sunday night, Chanelle Johnson's mothering instincts kicked in. She threw herself on top of her three children, all younger than 6. Another mother in the house similarly protected two more children. Johnson's house was one of three hit when two carloads of unidentified...

Storm System Moving Across US Brings Threat of Tornadoes, Flooding

Spring storms are notorious for producing a wide array of dangerous weather, ranging from powerful thunderstorms and flooding rain to heavy snow, and a spring-like storm system moving out of the Plains and through the East will produce some of each today and Friday. Tornadoes are a threat for eastern Arkansas, northern...

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Jimmy Buffett Talks About His Return To The Gulf Coast

America's poet laureate of shiftlessness sounds downright determined when he talks about bringing his come-as-you-are kingdom to the benighted shores of Biloxi, a childhood haunt now scarred by recession, oil and wind.

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06/03/12 Jackson County cities concerned about oil spill... Source: The Mississippi Press - Pascagoula MS At 8 Monday morning, the widely despised BP oil spill Gulf Coast Claims Facility is set to give way to a new, court-supervised process.
06/01/12 101 Mobility Franchise Opens Along Gulf Coast Source: PRWeb Covington, LA (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 Chris and Cathy Hunter of Mandeville have opened the newest 101 Mobility franchise, operating along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi. 101 Mobility Gulf Coast will primarily serve the Greater New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Mississippi Gulf Coast markets with comprehensive personal mobility solutions for both home and business.
06/01/12 Why Keystone XL might be Canadian oil's best route to... Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada Oil CL-FT exports have become the new byword for both Ottawa and the oil patch.
05/31/12 TransCanada tweaks pipeline plan to avoid wetlands Source: eTaiwanNews.com A Canadian company seeking to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has submitted a new application for the southern segment of the project that avoids sensitive wetlands in Texas.
05/31/12 Company resubmits Keystone pipeline application to... Source: Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls MT HOUSTON A Canadian company seeking to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has submitted a new application for the southern segment of the project that avoids sensitive wetlands in Texas.

Background on gulf coast

The Gulf Coast of the United States, sometimes referred to as the Gulf South, South Coast, or 3rd Coast, comprises the coasts of American states that are on the Gulf of Mexico, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are known as the Gulf States.

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