TagGulf oil spills

Outrage as 11-year-long Gulf oil spill called “an act of God”

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When it comes to environmental outrages in the Gulf of Mexico, I thought I had seen and heard everything…until today. The issue at hand is the so-called Taylor Energy oil spill off the Louisiana coastline — a slow motion ecological train wreck that’s been taking place for more than a decade. Now there’s no question that — when it comes to sheer volume and amount of...

With little fanfare, Texas oil spill is killing dolphins and birds, mucking up beaches

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Are Americans becoming numb to oil spills? You have to wonder sometimes. Over the last couple of years, as domestic fossil fuel production has surged, so have the number of accidents — along pipelines and railroads, on offshore drilling platforms and in barge collisions. And sure, these mishaps and misadventures have received some media coverage — but not all that much. Maybe the...

Stuart H. Smith is an attorney based in New Orleans fighting major oil companies and other polluters.
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