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1 Year Later: Could BP Spill Actually Save the Gulf Coast?
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsA 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 Coast has been abused for decades. And now, residents and activists alike worry that if extensive action isn't taken soon, the region could be headed for another disaster. Erosion may be the most pressing challenge facing wetlands: The land itself is literally slipping into ...
Gulf Oysters Could Take 2 Years to Recover
By Dave Thier - AOL News
(Sept. 21) -- The blank spot where oysters used to be on a few menus at New Orleans restaurants serves as a stark reminder of the long recovery process the gulf seafood industry faces, even after BP permanently capped the leaking well that so seriously damaged the business. For oysters, in particular, returning to normal may take two years or more. Alfred P. Sunseri runs P&J Oyster Co., which at 134 years old is the oldest oyster business in the United States. The company shucked its last batch of oysters on June 10. Since then it has been trying to scrape by with what fishermen have been ...
Why Are Realtors Getting Their Own $60 Million Oil Spill Compensation Side Fund?
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- In its comprehensive story on the new Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which on Monday will begin processing claims for the BP oil compensation fund under Ken Feinberg, the New York Times included a short paragraph about a $60 million slice of the $20 billion fund being set aside for the compensation of gulf state real estate agents and brokers. The money would be distributed by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) or the related gulf state associations, with the national group writing the eligibility requirements, the Times wrote. The tidbit made Surge Desk scratch its head. ...
New Gulf Coast Claims Facility to Open: 8 Biggest Questions Answered
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- On Aug. 23, Ken Feinberg, the administrator of the $20 billion Gulf Coast compensation fund, will take control of the claims process for those affected by the BP oil spill. Until now, BP has been handling the hundreds of thousands of claims that have already been entered, with many complaining that their claims have been held up for months or only partially paid. The new Gulf Coast Claims Facility is unlikely to resolve all the problems -- and indeed may create new controversies -- but Feinberg has pledged to speed up the process. Surge Desk has the essential details on the ...
Is Obama's Oil Spill Panel Biased Against Drilling?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyBack in May, President Barack Obama signed an executive order creating a seven-member commission to recommend how we might prevent future oil spills. He then ordered a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling (which has now been overturned twice by the courts). In June, he asked Congress for $15 million to finance the commission. The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling convened its first public meetings in New Orleans this week to "hear directly from the people of the Gulf Coast whose lives and livelihoods have been so profoundly affected by the BP ...
Gulf's Coastal Wetlands Surviving Despite Oil
By not in system - AOL NewsBELLE 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 scientists are concluding: The wetlands, a haven for fish and seabirds and a flood buffer during the Gulf's notoriously vicious storms, "have come through so far pretty unscathed," Paul Kemp, director of the National Audubon Society's Louisiana Coastal Initiative, said after a recent ...
A Disaster for the Gulf Coast, A Disaster for Obama
By Peter Wehner - Politics DailyThe oil spill is an environmental catastrophe for the Gulf Coast and a political disaster for Barack Obama. It is doing significant, and possibly irreparable, damage to his presidency. That may not be fully clear now, since Obama's approval ratings have certainly not collapsed during the span of this crisis. The deeper concern for the president, I think, is that what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico right now will accrete and soon metastasize, creating negative impressions that will be durable and difficult to undo. The oil spill calamity may become a metaphor for the Obama presidency. ...
Obama Scores $20 Billion for Oil Spill Claims and an Apology From BP
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyAs the five BP executives filed out of the West Wing of the White House following their meeting with President Obama on Wednesday, someone in the press corps began (softly) humming Darth Vader's Imperial Death March theme from "Star Wars." If BP CEO Tony Hayward -- in his first visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.-- was Vader (BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg was perhaps more an Emperor Palpatine?), then the hero of the hour -- the Skywalker of this Deepwater Horizon saga -- was clearly Barack Obama. During a meeting that was scheduled to last only 20 minutes but ended up running nearly two ...
Obama Addresses Oil Spill, Israeli Flotilla Attack, on 'Larry King Live'
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyAppearing on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Thursday night, President Barack Obama conveyed an aggressive, no-nonsense attitude toward his handling of the BP oil spill, challenging critics who have said the White House did not respond forcefully enough to the nation's worst environmental disaster on record. From the beginning of his interview with King, Obama painted a picture of a White House that has been strong and proactive in its dealings with the oil company. He said the administration put "pressure on BP to activate their response" immediately following the explosion of the Deepwater ...
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