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BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]

On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries....

Report: Ocean 'Dead Zones' Increasing in US

(Sept. 6) -- The nation's waterways are fast becoming a wasteland. Released Friday, a joint report by the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science finds that the number of so-called "dead zones" in U.S. waters is 30 times...

New Gulf Oil Leak in Pictures

(July 27) -- Just as BP and the country were getting used to the thought of having finally contained the country's worst oil spill (at least temporarily), a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday opened a new leak in another company's wellhead, spraying a 100-foot-high plume of natural gas into the air and water...

Tropical Storm Bonnie Forms Near Bahamas

(July 22) -- After a day of anticipation and dread, it's finally here: Tropical Storm Bonnie, the second named tropical storm this season, officially formed as of 6:15 p.m. EDT today, the National Hurricane Center reported. The storm formed about 200 miles southeast of Nassau, the capital city of the Bahamas, near the...

Oil Spill's Latest Villain Has Four Legs, Sharp Teeth

(May 22) -- Amid the animal and marine life living in Louisiana's coastal swamps is one critter few would mourn if the gulf oil spill wiped it out. But in a bitter twist, those nutria haters are not likely to get their wish. Weighing in at about 20 pounds and built like a small beaver, the semiaquatic rodent may be...

Background on louisiana coast

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is a governmental authority created by the Louisiana Legislature in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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