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July 24, 2010

What Happens Next? @truthout | truth-out.org | Dahr Jamail

The Gulf Islands National Seashore, about an hours boat ride south of Gulfport, are considered a Gulf Coast treasure and home to fiddler crab, shrimp, flounder, oysters, blue crab, brown pelicans, osprey, great blue heron, raccoon, loggerhead sea turtle, Florida Pompano, shark, and hundreds of species of birds and fish. And now they are being oiled...

Beloved pelicans offer us a way to wrap our minds around the Gulf oil spill | NOLA.com

Matt Stamey / The Houma Daily Courie / AP Photo
A Brown Pelican coated in oil flaps its wings while standing on Raccoon Island, a barrier island in Terrebonne Parish, La. on Thursday, July 15, 2010.

New Orleans seafood restaurants stable despite BP oil spill | latimes.com

Alex Carter serves customer Mark McGrain a catfish po' boy and a root beer at the Parkway Bakery & Tavern.
(Cheryl Gerber / For The Times)

The oil that began to spew after the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig about 120 miles southeast of New Orleans has not directly affected the city, except emotionally. But local chefs are scrambling to find new sources of oysters and other seafood as old ones close, then open, then close...

Gulf Coast Travel Destinations Request $55 Million Grant from BP to Promote Tourism | DailyFinance

A consortium of 11 tourism destinations near the Gulf of Mexico has asked BP (BP) for a $55 million grant to pay for a marketing campaign to promote the areas affected by the oil spill.

Abita launches S.O.S. pilsner to aid Gulf Coast | NOLA.com

Photo Courtesy of Abita
The beer is an unfiltered weizen pils with a high, 7% alcohol content.
In July, Abita will ship 120,000 bottles of its new pilsner across the country emblazoned with an urgent message: S.O.S., or Save Our Coast. For each 22-ounce bottle of S.O.S. sold, the north coast brewery will donate $0.75 to restore the Gulf Coast and support the men and women affected by the BP oil disaster.

Deepwater Horizon: Unified Area Command moving to New Orleans | Offshore

The BP oil spill Unified Area Command contingent is moving from Robert, Louisiana, to New Orleans. The Group will have a 38,000-sq ft, fit-for-purpose space for its 350-person staff...

BP purchases 32 of Kevin Costner's V20 Machines | Humid Beings

Costner has spent the past 15 years and more than $20 million of his own money to develop the oil separator, which during successful testing, left water 99 percent clean of crude.

Nero's Bids Fond Farewell to Favorite Gulf Oysters | Bites | Nashville Scene

The last oysters from P&J's of New Orleans.
Ironically, some restaurateurs report selling more oysters than ever, as diners face the prospect of a future without.

Oil spill video: Seafood sniffers smell out oily fish | Washington Post

Commercial fishing continues in the Gulf as the oil slick continues to spread. But how do we know the fish we eat is safe? It appears the nose knows as seafood inspectors learn how to sniff out tainted product from oysters to shrimp and fish. (The Associated Press)

BP's CEO Tony Hayward: The most hated man in America | NY Daily News

After a series of gaffes - including dismissing the amount of oil in the Gulf of Mexico as "tiny" compared with all that seawater, and then whining that "I want my life back" - calls are growing for the British oil titan's head to roll.

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