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| September 02, 2010 -- The United States Coast Guard today is responding to an oil platform explosion that occurred this morning approximately 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, and has rescued 13 people in the water, who have been taken to Terrebonne General Hospital. More |
| September 01, 2010 -- The Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District Board of Commissioners, during a special meeting today, received the resignation of Commissioner Mark Abraham, who had served on the board for more than seven years. More |
| August 26, 2010 -- The Unified Area Command on Wednesday announced that it is continuing to expand techniques and programs to determine the presence of sub-surface oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. More |
| August 25, 2010 -- The Obama Administration today announced that it will deploy officials to the Gulf Coast to participate in a series of "dockside chats" in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle communities to discuss steps being taken to verify the safety of gulf seafood. More |
| August 22, 2010 -- The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council met in Pensacola, Florida last week to address a host of fishery issues, including a supplemental red snapper season and the overfished status of gag. More |
| August 17, 2010 -- Senator Mary Landrieu, chair of the United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today held a hearing regarding the economic impact of the deepwater oil drilling moratorium, and urged the Obama Administration to lift the ban. More |
| August 16, 2010 -- Texas Tech University today announced that researchers have found no evidence of petroleum hydrocarbons in Louisiana seafood samples provided to the university by a reporter with "Good Morning America". More |
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| August 11, 2010 -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed a legal challenge to the Obama Administration’s offshore drilling moratorium. More |
| August 09, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Monday evening update. More |
| August 09, 2010 -- The United States Coast Guard is continuing its search for a man reported missing following an allision between his skiff and the UTV Salvation in the area of Morgan City, Louisiana on Sunday. More |
| August 08, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Sunday night update on the oil spill response. More |
| August 04, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Wednesday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| August 04, 2010 -- BP announced today that the Deepwater Horizon well appears to have reached a static condition -- a significant milestone. More |
| August 03, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Monday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| August 03, 2010 -- Update: BP has started its "static kill" operations today, and is pumping drilling mud into the well to seal it from leaking. More |
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| August 02, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Monday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| August 02, 2010 -- The United States Coast Guard on Sunday issued an update regarding an oil spill in the Barataria Waterway in Louisiana, announcing that the wellhead, which had been struck by a tow vessel, has been secured and is no longer emitting oil or natural gas into Barataria Bay. More |
| August 01, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Sunday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 31, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Saturday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 30, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center posted a Friday night update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 30, 2010 -- The United States Coast Guard today continues work with the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office and other state organizations to secure an oil spill site resulting from a collision between a tow vessel and a wellhead in the Barataria Waterway on Tuesday. More |
| July 30, 2010 -- BP today announced that the company has established a $100 million fund through the Baton Rouge Foundation to assist displaced oil rig workers. More |
| July 30, 2010 -- Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret A. Hamburg today issued a statement on the re-opening of some Louisiana state waters to commercial fishing, which had been closed due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More |
| July 29, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Thursday night update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 28, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Wednesday update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 28, 2010 -- BP today announced that it will pay an estimated $60 million in August on advance payments for claims made by Gulf Coast residents and businesses who lost income or net profit due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More |
| July 27, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Tuesday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 26, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Monday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 26, 2010 -- BP today provided an update on the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More |
| July 25, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Sunday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
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