by Associated Press Published: May 5,2010
Tags: Alabama, Barack Obama, Bill Salvin, BP, Brett/Robinson Vacations, british petroleum, Daryl Carpenter, Doug Suttles, Flora-Bama Lounge, Florida, Frank Besson, Gulf Coast, gulf of mexico, Guy Cantwel, John Curry, Larry Schweiger, Louisiana, Mississippi, National Wildlife Federation, Nez Coupe Souvenir & Tackle, Pensacola, Perdido Key, Rear Adm. Mary Landry, Steve Ownesby, Transocean Ltd, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Vincent Van Gogh, Wild Well Control
NEW ORLEANS — The best short-term solution to bottling up a disastrous oil spill threatening sealife and livelihoods along the Gulf Coast should be arriving on Wednesday in the form of a specially built giant concrete-and-steel box designed to siphon the oil away. Crews for contractor Wild Well Control were putting the finishing touches Tuesday [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: April 29,2010
Tags: Arkansas Public Service Commission, Brandon Presley, Cleco Power, Cottonwood Energy and consultants, Entegra Power Group, Entergy, Entergy Regional State Committee, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, James Field, Kenneth Anderson Jr., Louisiana, Louisiana Public Service Commission, Mississippi, NGR Energy, Paul Suskie, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Southwest Power Pool, Suez
At the E-RSC’s second conference, regulators from Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas discussed Entergy’s power purchasing practices and transmissions system. More than 50 people attended the meeting, a number of whom represented Entergy. Others included Cleco Power, NGR Energy, Suez, Southwest Power Pool, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Entegra Power Group, Cottonwood Energy and consultants. [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS — Oleander Benton, a cook on an oil rig that exploded off the Louisiana coast, was sitting at a laundry room table with a friend when the lights went out. Then, there was the blast. The Deepwater Horizon platform shuddered, debris fell from the ceiling and Benton hit the floor, as she had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 24,2010
Tags: Alabama, American Medical Response, Arkansas, blues music, catfish, Choctaw County, cotton, Gov. Haley Barbour, Holmes County, Houston Astros, Jim Pollard, Josh Nicholson, Louisiana, Malcolm Gordon, Mayor McArthur Straughter, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, National Guard, Rafael Scott, Roy Oswalt, Southeast, Tallulah, tornado, Weir, Willie M. Horton, Yazoo City
YAZOO CITY — Rescuers stood ready Sunday to comb neighborhoods of splintered homes and twisted debris in Mississippi, a day after a devastating tornado sliced through the state and killed 10 people, including three children.James Jackson, a deputy state fire marshal, said crews took a break overnight but were organizing at first daylight to resume [...] [...]
The City of Jackson can create a successful revitalization program in its central business district just like the one now shared by neighboring Baton Rouge, La., and East Baton Rouge parish. More than 60 Jackson area business and civic leaders heard that message often last week, spending parts of two days in the Louisiana capital, [...] [...]
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