Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Louisiana"

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    • Dolphins swim through slick as oiled birds preen on shore 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, June 14, 2010, on page S1/9)
      Its brown feathers sticky with oil, the pelican tries to preen in the hot sun as men in white plastic suits lay absorbent pads on the rocky shore of Queen Bess Island off the coast of Louisiana. Two wildlife rescue workers ...

    • Gulf Coast oil spill spreading out of control 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, May 1, 2010, on page 14)
      An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control with a faint sheen washing ashore along the Gulf Coast Thursday night as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread ...

    • Oil spills, units and scale 

      Tapang, Giovanni (The Manila Times, July 8, 2010, on page A4)
      I started the day by reading through a news report off Internet about the size and scale of the oil spill by a British Petroleum leased-rig named Deep-water Horizon off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In that ...

    • Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans - study 

      (The Manila Times, October 15, 2015, on page A6)
      Say goodbye to Miami and New Orleans. No matter what we do to curb global warming, these and other beloved US cities will sink below rising seas, according to a study today. But making extreme carbon cuts and moving to ...

    • US president visits with huge oil slick threatening disaster 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, May 3, 2010, on page S1/8)
      A giant oil slick closed in on the fragile Louisiana coast on Sunday after attempts to stop it faltered, threatening an environmental and economic disaster as President Barack Obama arrives to visit. With Mr. Obama expected ...

    • US seafood catch hits 17-year high 

      Associated Press (AP) (Malaya, September 21, 2012, on page A5)
      The U.S. seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year, with all fishing regions of the country showing increases in both the volume and value of their harvests. Commercial fishermen last year caught 10.1 billion pounds ...