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Secret Oil Spill Cleanup

Secrecy still surrounds Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup: Please don't look at those tar balls!

By Katie Oxford

05.19.13 | 5:01 pm

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 sixth 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 ...


One Million Barrels

Oil spill resurfacing concerns nothing but hot air? Isaac resurrects Deepwater worry, but no mess yet

By Tyler Rudick

08.30.12 | 1:37 pm

As Hurricane Isaac stirred up memories of Katrina's devastation while ultimately sidestepping New Orleans, Louisiana officials are voicing concerns about the after-effects of another ...


Tracking Turtles

The fight against the oil spill goes on: Saving the sea turtles on Padre Island

By Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

07.05.12 | 6:44 am

PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE — The species dates back four-million-years and today it's telling us what it needs to survive after one of the worst oil spills in history. ...


An oily deal

Biggest celebrity wins! Did Kevin Costner's higher profile guarantee he'd squash Stephen Baldwin?

By Tyler Rudick

06.17.12 | 12:10 am

After having his name dragged through the Mississippi mud for two weeks, Kevin Costner walked out of a New Orleans courtroom with his held high as a federal jury rejected Stephen Baldwin's clai ...


Is oil thicker than friendship?

Stephen Baldwin threatened to reveal Kevin Costner's bad behavior, witness claims in bizarre Waterworld tech trial

By Tyler Rudick

06.14.12 | 1:24 pm

The plot thickened this week in the bizarre lawsuit between Stephen Baldwin and Kevin Costner, as the two duke it out in a New Orleans courtroom over a mysterious invention developed ...


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 ...


H-Town's Spotlight Time

You down with OTC? It's safety, Hooters Girls (with coupons) & iPad 3 races at mega oil conference

By Tyler Rudick

04.30.12 | 5:40 pm

Attendees at the 2012 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) couldn't stop themselves from staring at the Hardsuit on display at the OceanWorks booth. A bulbous six-foot apparatus resem ...


important ecosystem

Healing our waters: The Gulf of Mexico Summit looks at the state of Texas' seawater

By Melissa Gaskill

01.02.12 | 10:30 pm

A host of high-level officials from the federal, state and local governments, scientists from a whopping 66 academic institutions, representatives of businesses such as seafood and oil and gas and ...


This Year in Culture

One thing I learned in 2010: Not even the BP oil spill could rub out Louisiana's soul

By Katie Oxford

12.30.10 | 6:00 am

When our editor popped the question, "What things struck you in 2010?” I don’t know which part of me went to Louisiana first — my head or my heart. The Gulf Oil disaster ...


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