The smell coming from the Louisiana bayou "really turns your stomach," one resident says, as officials race to clean up the oil that officials say stems from an energy company that touts "safe, rel...
The mission of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources is to ensure and promote sustainable and responsible use of the natural resources of our state so that they are available for the enjoyment and benefit of our citizens now and in the future.
Authorities in Louisiana are working to clean up oil that spilled in a southern Louisiana parish, threatening drinking water and wildlife.
An oil spill in Louisiana left an estimated 4,000 gallons spilled in a swamp southwest of Baton Rouge. The Coast Guard is helping by monitoring the cleanup.
1 of 62 · BP/AP · This image from a video released by BP shows oil spewing from a yellowish, broken pipe 5,000 feet below the surface. The oil looks like steam rushing from a gey ... ; 2 of 62 · Charlie Riedel/AP · A Coast Guard plane flies over the Development Driller III oil drilling platform, which is drilling a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horiz ... ; 3 of 62 · Carolyn Kaster/AP · From left, Transocean Limited President and CEO Steven Newman, BP America President and Chairman Lamar McKay, Global Business Lines President and Ha ... ; 4 of 62 · Sean Gardner/Reuters · Tony Wiygul swings Alex Holbert, 5, while spending time on the beach in Long Beach, Miss., on May 12. Fishing and tourism throughout the Gulf Coa ...
The spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a tense day-by-day waiting game for environmentalists in Louisiana. They track the state's wetlands and a small set of barrier islands. Continued erosion is consi...
Coast Guard teams have been dispatched to help determine the extent of the damage from the spill, which is situated roughly two miles off the Louisiana coast. Officials say the source remains unclear.
Clipping found in Arizona Republic published in Phoenix, Arizona on 3/25/1970. Louisiana oil spill (Corexit use)
The source of a large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the shore of New Orleans, estimated to be more than one million gallons, is still unknown, the U.S. Coast Guard said
Deepwater drilling and Louisiana are synonymous. Despite the BP oil spill, the industry is still seen as delivering lifeblood.