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The Wetlands That Make Their Own Weather: Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastline
Imagine standing on the edge of a land that breathes with the tides, where grasslands sway and birds wheel overhead, and the ...
Bonnet Carre Spillway saves New Orleans, punishes everyone and everything else
The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...
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Century-old Bonnet Carre Spillway protects New Orleans, but at a cost. Here's how it works.
It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in ...
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Texas may officially recognize Gulf of America change after Senate gives first OK
Senate Bill 1717 would require the name of Gulf of Mexico to be changed in every official reference made by a state agency, ...
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Republicans in Gulf states push to embrace Gulf of America name
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Southern Republicans are pushing their states to formally embrace the name Gulf of America — the name ...
Scars still remain from BP oil spill 15 years later
The BP oil spill happened 15 years ago. It is still considered one of the worst environmental disasters this country has ever ...
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15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring?
Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a ...
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15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Examining the Gulf's economic recovery
The Deepwater Horizon disaster ultimately led to the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history. While BP was deemed ...
Higgins gives Hill update to leaders of Terrebonne and Lafourche
U.S. Representative Clay Higgins met with business and elected leaders of the Bayou Region to introduce himself and give an ...
15 Years Later: Remembering the BP spill that killed 11 and devastated the coast
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Sunday (April 20) marks 15 years since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and unleashing the worst offshore oil spill in U.S.
The Lasting Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Louisiana's Coast
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which occurred on April 20, 2010, was a catastrophic event that left an indelible mark on the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion of the Macondo well, operated by BP, ...
15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons ...