Gulf Coast Residents Doubt Leak Is Plugged
Many Gulf Coast residents don't believe it. Some accuse BP of making it up. And even those convinced that the oil leak has finally been stopped are tempered in their relief, aware that their...
View ArticleIn Louisiana, a Huge 'Fish Kill'
Near Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish, there lies what looks like a gravel road. It's not: It's a waterway clogged with hundreds of thousands of dead fish, crabs, stingrays, and eel—so many that it...
View ArticleIn One Louisiana Parish, Isaac as Brutal as Katrina
Today is the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and for residents of Plaquemines Parish, it's deja vu all over again, according to the parish president. Billy Nungesser tells NPR that the parish,...
View ArticleFor Some in Plaquemines, No Power in Sight
Sad sights litter the road as people return by boat to southern Louisiana: scattered steel drums, warped telephone poles, stranded cattle, a shrimp boat on its side. But residents devoted to the...
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