Barbour creates oil-spill recovery panel
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday he’s creating a 34-member group to examine the impact of the BP oil spill and help devise a recovery and development plan for the state’s coastal region.
Local gas station owners bolt from BP as others call for rebranding
BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company’s badly damaged reputation.
Alabama eyeing more free beach concerts on coast
The free Jimmy Buffett concert that drew thousands to an Alabama beach may be just the first in a string of big-name shows funded by BP to boost a tourism industry hard-hit by the Gulf oil spill.
Tar balls force beach closure in Hancock County
More oil encroachment Wednesday forced state officials to close parts of the beach in Hancock County.
BP spill hits a somber record as Gulf’s biggest
BP’s massive oil spill became the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday based on the highest of the federal government’s estimates, an ominous record that underscores the oil giant’s dire need to halt the gusher.
Hewes: Oil has state down, but not out
The oil spill from the April 20 explosion of a BP offshore oil-drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico has left Mississippi down, but far from out, Sen. Billy Hewes, R-Harrison, the state senate’s president pro tempore and a candidate for lieutenant governor, said Tuesday.
Casualty of Gulf oil spill: Local po’boys
Area restaurants dependent on the Gulf Coast for seafood are feeling the pinch from oyster and shrimp shortages.
Judge blocks gulf drilling moratorium
A federal judge struck down the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, saying the government rashly concluded that because one rig failed, the others are in immediate danger, too.
Putting 126.3 million gallons of oil into context
Overwhelmed and saddened by the gargantuan size of the Gulf oil spill? A little mathematical context to the spill size can put the environmental catastrophe in perspective.
Gulf oil companies ask judge to lift drilling moratorium
Companies that ferry people and supplies to offshore oil rigs asked a federal judge Monday to lift a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in the aftermath of the massive Gulf spill.
MSU wildlife expert: Before oil spill, gulf already tainted
The Gulf of Mexico had chemical problems before the oil spill and will have problems afterward, according to one Mississippi State University professor. But these problems can be solved through better care of inland water.
Steve Mullen: The oil has shown up. Who else will?
Much of the news swirling around BP’s oil spill of late is about who and what has shown up, and who and what hasn’t.
BP execs a no-show for legislative hearing
Mississippi lawmakers holding hearings about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill were hoping to hear directly from BP executives to get a better idea about the scope of the problem. They got a letter instead.
Barbour asks for more boats to protect Miss. coast
Gov. Haley Barbour says he’s asked BP and the White House to put more boats off the Mississippi coast to intercept oil after a two-mile long slick of crude washed up Tuesday on a barrier island.
Ala. governor: Boom plan to protect coast from oil ineffective
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is angry about U.S. Coast Guard decisions he says have left parts of the northern Gulf Coast vulnerable to pollution from the Gulf oil spill.
Oil washes up on island near Mississippi-Alabama border
JACKSON – Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday that oil from a gushing undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico is hitting the state for the first time.
BP’s ‘top kill’ fails to plug leak
BP admitted defeat Saturday in its attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into a busted well, but said it’s preparing yet another method to fight the spill after a series of failures.
BP: Effort to choke off gusher making some progress
BP’s attempt to choke off the gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico appeared to be making some progress, officials said Thursday as dire new government estimates showed the disaster has easily eclipsed the Exxon Valdez as the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.
New, giant sea oil plume seen in Gulf
Marine scientists have discovered a massive new plume of what they believe to be oil deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico, stretching 22 miles from the leaking wellhead northeast toward Mobile Bay, Alabama.