It is one year on from the Deepwater Horizon disaster and an agreement between the Natural Resource Trustees and BP means $1 billion will be made available to help fund early restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The announcement was made yesterday in a joint press release which was issued by the states of […]
Hurricane Gustav’s threat to the Gulf Coast halted about 15 percent of U.S. refining capacity
about 2.4 million barrels of refining capacity have been halted, roughly 15 percent of the nation’s total, according to figures from Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos. The U.S. Gulf Coast is home to nearly half the nation’s refining capacity. "Fifteen percent looks small, but the impact is larger than meets the eye," […]
As Hurricane Gustav takes aim at the Gulf Coast, billions of dollars are at stake
As rain started to fall on this city’s empty streets Sunday night nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast evacuated. The Port of New Orleans shut down as the Coast Guard closed the lower Mississippi River. The French Quarter was emptied of visitors as most hotels closed. Coastal casinos, a dozen of which were […]
The Gulf Coast waits for Hurricane Gustav
As rain started to fall on this city’s empty streets Sunday night nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast evacuated. Painfully aware of the failings that led to more than 1,600 deaths during Katrina, this time officials moved beyond merely insisting tourists and residents leave south Louisiana. They threatened arrest, loaded thousands onto buses […]
Gulf Coast Traffic Waits For Gustav
It’s a traffic nightmare. Evacuations have begun in the Gulf of Mexico. Just outside of New Orleans, Interstate 10 and the 55 are seeing massive traffic backing up. Residents are not waiting around to find out what Hurricane Gustav has in store for the Gulf Coast. Seven thousand national guardsman have been dispatched […]
Top Priority Among Mississippi Primary Voters: Post-Katrina Recovery
As the people of Mississippi prepare for the primary contest on Tuesday, March 11, there is one thing on the mind of most primary voters: post-Katrina recovery. Now 2008, the damage done to Mississippi’s coast is still clear. Yet, it would look as if not much has been done about Mississippi. After Katrina struck, most […]
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