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Red River Radio
9:50 am
Mon May 13, 2013

Northwestern State Student Lands Internship Studying BP Oil Spill At Columbia University

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By Kate Archer Kent

A Northwestern State University student is preparing for a prestigious summer internship at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in New York. Christina Palomo of Los Angeles will travel from Natchitoches to New York later this month to help Columbia scientists study the environmental consequences of the 2010 BP oil spill. The biology major said she’ll work alongside two geochemists.

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BP Oil Spill
4:46 pm
Wed May 8, 2013

New Orleans' CAC Leads Way For Nonprofit BP Claims

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Plaquemines Parish coastline after the BP spill, June 2010.
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By Tina Antolini

The legal fallout from BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been ongoing, as the civil trial makes its way through the courts. In the meantime, some New Orleans groups that were not eligible for claims money have found that they do qualify under a new claims process. Though they are filing quickly, BP is now appealing that formula.

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WRKF
12:39 pm
Tue April 23, 2013

Interviews: Seafood Marketer Chris Nelson, Author Victoria Sweet

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Originally published on Wed April 24, 2013 11:20 am

Jim talks with Chris Nelson, with the Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition, about the state of his industry--three years after the BP oil spill.

Journalist and political blogger Tom Aswell, of "Louisiana Voice", talks about his ongoing battle with Jindal Administration department heads over transparency.

Author Victoria Sweet discusses her latest book, "God's Hotel"


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Environment
12:00 pm
Sat April 20, 2013

BP Oil Remains On Louisiana Coast 3 Years After Spill

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Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser and fisherman George Barisich.

Today marks the three-year anniversary of the BP oil spill. Some of the oil that spilled off the Louisiana coast remains in plain view.

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Environment
7:00 am
Wed April 17, 2013

Local Leaders, Environmental Groups Call For Maximum BP Fines

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Plaquemines Parish President Bill Nungesser says the BP spill is still causing problems.
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Environmental groups and community leaders gathered outside the Federal Building in New Orleans to mark the upcoming third anniversary of the BP oil spill. They want the oil company to pay maximum fines.

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BP Oil Spill
4:11 pm
Wed March 20, 2013

Ex-BP Engineer Accused of Deleting Voicemails

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A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico faces new allegations that he also deleted voicemails from his phone.

A superseding indictment handed up Wednesday by a federal grand jury in New Orleans accuses Kurt Mix of deleting about 40 voicemails from a supervisor and roughly 15 voicemails from a BP contractor.

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