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President Obama announces plans to expand domestic oil production

Sat, 14 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Jonathan Tilove - May. 14 (News) - President Barack Obama Saturday announced plans to expand domestic oil production, including holding a lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico this year and two in 2012, and extending leases in the Gulf that were affected by the drilling moratorium in the wake of the BP oil spill to allow operators more time to meet heightened safety requirements.

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Deepwater drill permit approved off coast of La.

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By David Hammer - Mar. 01 (News) - The federal government on Monday approved the first permit to drill the kind of deepwater oil well that was banned after last year's BP disaster, but it's yet to be seen whether the move will open the gates to the type of aggressive and lucrative exploration the industry has been clamoring for.

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Massive stretches of weathered oil spotted in Gulf of Mexico

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Bob Marshall - Oct. 23 (News Report) - 'Serious problems' for wildlife forecast if the oil gets into coastal marshes Just three days after the U.S. Coast Guard admiral in charge of the BP oil spill cleanup declared little recoverable surface oil remained in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana fishers Friday found miles-long strings of weathered oil floating toward fragile marshes on the Mississippi River delta.The discovery, which comes as millions of birds begin moving toward the region in the fall migration, gave ammunition to groups that have insisted the government has overstated clean-up progress, and could

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Deepwater Horizon oil plume more than twice all natural seeps in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Mark Schleifstein - Aug. 19 (News Report) - A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute research team found an extensive plume of droplets of oil about four-fifths of a mile below the surface and stretching 22 miles southwest of the Deepwater Horizon well site deep below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico during a 10-day research cruise at the end of June.

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Mississippi River pours as much dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico as BP

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune - Aug. 11 (News Report) - Every day during the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, contractors sprayed an average 140,000 pounds of Corexit dispersant onto oil slicks on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and into the oil being released a mile below.

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Five times as much oil spewing in Gulf of Mexico oil spill as first thought

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Chris Kirkham - Apr. 29 (News Report) - As a sheen of oil moved closer to the Louisiana coast Wednesday, officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revised their estimates of the amount of oil that has been leaking from the oil well from 1,000 barrels a day to up to 5,000 barrels a day, or about 210,000 gallons.

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Police guilty to shooting Hurricane Katrina victims,cover-up

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Laura Maggi, Brendan McCarthy - Apr. 08 (News Report) - "I don't think you can listen to that account without being sickened by the raw brutality of the shooting and the craven lawlessness of the cover-up," said U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance after the factual basis was read aloud in the still courtroom by prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein, deputy chief of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.

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Energy Partners to be delisted from New York Stock Exchange

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Jen DeGregorio - Mar. 25 (News Report) - Don Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, said Energy Partners' predicament is an extreme version of a situation many energy companies are facing in Louisiana and across the nation. Record fuel prices last summer spurred many firms to invest their cash and draw credit to boost production. But commodity prices have since crashed, leaving many of those companies strapped for cash and behind on their loan payments.

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Gov. Bobby Jindal speech on national stage gets woeful reviews

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Jan Moller - Feb. 26 (News Analysis) - While the verdict from observers was quick and brutal, it is equally clear that the speech is unlikely to have long-term repercussions for a candidate widely seen as having presidential ambitions. After all, then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton memorably bombed while giving the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

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Economic downturn causes worries for private schools

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Barri Bronston - Jan. 31 (Special Report) - Nationally, private school enrollment is down 120,000 students this school year, compared with last year, according to the federal Department of Education. It puts the total number of students in private school at 6 million, or 11 percent of all elementary and secondary students in the United States. Private education is most common in Louisiana. Before Katrina, the state led the country with 16.6 percent of its students in private schools or home schooling. Jefferson, St. Bernard and St. John the Baptist parishes were in the top 10 counties or parishes in the United States. In the seven-parish New Orleans area, private school enrollment, now at 52,400, has dropped 18 percent over the past five years. The biggest hit came in the Katrina year of 2005-06, when a number of Catholic schools closed and other private schools pared faculty and staff because they had fewer students and less revenue. Since then, the decline has been only slight, something that comes as no surprise to Jim Meza, education dean at the University of New Orleans. "If you look at our history, New Orleans has a particularly strong tradition of Catholic education," he said. "And with many of the independent private schools, most families prioritize this as part of their daily operating budget."

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McCain tackles Obama and Bush in Kenner appearance

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Richard Rainey - Jun. 04 (News Report) - As the polls closed on the two final Democratic primaries Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain painted himself the candidate of change who could reform a lethargic, unresponsive government, a claim his campaign hoped would have added gravitas by his speech's proximity to New Orleans.

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LA voters capture nation's attention

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Ed Anderson - Feb. 09 (News Report) - For the first time in at least a decade, Louisianians will have the chance to vote in a presidential primary that could actually have an effect on the party nominations, especially among the Democrats. Louisiana Democrats will have their say today in a neck-and-neck battle for delegates between New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama... . Only registered Democrats can vote in the Democratic primary and only registered Republicans can vote in the GOP contest. The two parties also have elections for members of their statewide and parish governing boards that must be settled by party-only voters.

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A new chapter for books

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Not given - Dec. 30 (Other) - n the past year, newspapers across the country have made dramatic cutbacks in their coverage of books. We have a different view. Beginning Jan. 11, The Times-Picayune will debut "The Reading Life," which will feature expanded coverage of books and the New Orleans literary scene each week on the cover of Friday's Living section. Books coverage that now appears in this space will move to Friday. In addition to our stable of reviews and features on the local literary scene, look for new features devoted to book clubs and reading groups, literary movers and shakers, and expanded bestseller lists.

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3rd probe of pumps on canals requested

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:57:38 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Shiela Grissett - Oct. 07 (News Report) - [A] whistle-blower complaint...questions the reliability of 40 pumps...initially installed at three New Orleans canals after Hurricane Katrina....Corps commanders...continue to say the once-troubled pumps...will work properly in a hurricane....[Three probes have been] triggered by a corps engineer...Maria Garzino, who says corps officials haven't properly addressed the critical issues she first raised in the spring of 2006 in her role as leader of the corps'...installation team...[ Scott Bloch, head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel wrote [Defense Secretary Robert Gates September 21, saying] "I have concluded that there is a substantial likelihood that the information Ms. Garzino provided discloses a violation." [A GAO report this spring criticized] the corps for giving false assurances to the public during the 2006 hurricane season

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Vitter earmarked federal money for creationist group

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:27:05 -0700

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Bill Walsh - Sep. 24 (News Report) - Sen. David Vitter, R-La., earmarked $100,000 in a spending bill for a Louisiana Christian group that has challenged the teaching of Darwinian evolution in the public school system and to which he has political ties. The money is included in the labor, health and education financing bill for fiscal 2008 and specifies payment to the Louisiana Family Forum "to develop a plan to promote better science education."

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Edwards looks for spotlight by shining one on Katrina

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:49:29 -0800

The New Orleans Times-Picayune - By Bruce Alpert - Jan. 03 (News Report) - "The country as a whole may have put the aftermath of Katrina on the back burner, but Democratic activists will probably respond well to a candidate's emphasis on it both because it relates to race, class and poverty -- a Democratic staple, but also because it is a symbol of the failure of the Bush administration, said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

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