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Tattered Jeans

Louisiana Revisited: Anger and sadness on Grand Isle as BP oil spill worries continue

By Katie Oxford

05.13.13 | 9:14 am

Editor's Note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. She recently returned to Louisiana. This is her fifth column in a series. ...


Criminal punishment

Is BP paying enough for oil spill? Record $4.5 billion fine, 12 felony counts less than some expected

By Sarah Rufca

11.15.12 | 12:54 pm

British petroleum company BP and the U.S. government have reached an agreement over charges relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 workers and led to the largest oil spill i ...


Celeb Feud

Finally, someone sues Kevin Costner over Waterworld: Stephen Baldwin sees blood in oily water

By Tyler Rudick

06.06.12 | 11:22 am

While not exactly the trial of the century, the lawsuit between Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin certainly does offer up a few laughs — especially in light of the million ...


Tattered Jeans

Walking with the turtle lady: A look at how sea creatures deal with ecological disaster & human junk

By Katie Oxford

09.22.11 | 11:32 am

Here’s another boots on the ground type — only this one wears sandals.  I met Sharon Maxwell nine years ago while visiting a beach — that sliver of heaven in northwest Fl ...


SXSW for energy execs

Mega oil conference brings high-tech security, a BP "sorry", Clinton, W. and Kissinger to Houston

By Fayza A. Elmostehi

03.08.11 | 7:11 pm

Step aside, Bush Intercontinental. Your security measures don't even hold a radio wave to the lockdown at IHS CERAWeek 2011. Well, I suppose you'd be scanning bar codes on conference at ...


Who's missing and who's drilled

Taking the littlest slice of blame: BP's report on the oil spill only raises more questions

By Sarah Rufca

09.08.10 | 11:41 am

The internal BP report detailing the series of failures that led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and Gulf oil spill was released on the company's website on Wednesday. The 193-page repor ...


Former presidential advisor

Innovative energy thinker Matthew Simmons dies suddenly in his vacation home hot tub

By Shelby Hodge

08.09.10 | 11:39 am

Prominent energy investment banker Matthew R. Simmons, 67, died Sunday at his summer home in North Haven, Maine. Early police reports from late Sunday night say that Simmons died of a hear ...


History Repeats Itself?

Tar balls: Galveston's recovery from 1979 disaster gives hope for BP cleanup

By Clifford Pugh

07.29.10 | 8:48 pm

Naysayers who worry the Gulf beaches of Louisiana and other southeastern states may never recover from the BP oil disaster can take hope from the example of what happened in Galveston, according to ...


Tattered Jeans

As the oil disaster continues, tempers fray on the bayou

By Katie Oxford

07.28.10 | 9:18 pm

I popped Don Henley into the CD player and headed east for Louisiana again —  a place that tugs on me like a crab on a string of bacon. At the Sulphur Cameron exit the sky turned the ...


Buh-bye, Tony

BP's looking for a new CEO: Three contenders to consider before rushing in with Dudley

By Sarah Rufca

07.26.10 | 12:21 pm

Tony Hayward's dream has come true: He finally gets to stop dealing with this inconvenient oil spill and go back to his life. Yes, BP has decided the media's favorite punching boy has o ...


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