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June 9th, 2010
09:00 AM ET

CNN takes aerial tour of spill with Coast Guard

(CNN) – The images of the oil gusher below the Gulf are stunning, but to get a real perspective on the spill you have to see it from above. Hundreds of boats, miles of boom, pools of oil, and fire on the water. Our Rob Marciano went up with the Coast Guard for a look at the Gulf oil spill that you can only see here.


Filed under: Gulf Oil Spill
June 9th, 2010
07:00 AM ET

Gulf residents fear oil industry will move to international waters

By Bob Ruff and Carol Costello, CNN

(CNN) – While the Obama administration has come up with new rules and regulations for shallow water drilling, it is not releasing any new rules when it comes to new deep water drilling until it figures out what happened with the BP disaster.

It has slapped a 6 month or more moratorium on new deep water drilling and that has the oil industry, lobbyists and some politicians ratcheting up efforts to change the president's mind. For all of these players, one area of special concern is Louisiana’s immense Port Fourchon. It spans 1400 acres and is designed to meet every need an oil company might have.

Chett Chiasson is the executive director of the port. He calls it the “Walmart of the oil and gas industry.” Chaissson is eager to criticize President Obama's 6 month moratorium on new drilling in the Gulf.

That moratorium is affecting 17 oil companies, including BP, Shell and Chevron. Every one of these oil company rigs is serviced by Port Fourchon, from welders to caterers, to those who "taxi" rig workers out to the platforms.

Chiasson told CNN that if the moratorium lasts more than six months, he fears “losing 50% of the business that we have in Port Fourchon.” That would mean, says Chiasson, that rigs would be moved overseas to places such as Brazil’s Santos Basin or South Africa’s Orange Basin, where deep water oil also has been discovered.

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Filed under: Gulf Oil Spill
June 8th, 2010
12:00 PM ET

Alabama mayor furious with govt. & BP

(CNN) – It's now day 50 of the worst oil spill in this nation's history. With every gallon that pours out of the broken well, anger and frustration grows along the Gulf Coast. It's the start of the summer, but hotel rooms sit empty, fishermen are stuck on dry land, and a way of life for millions is threatened.

Tony Kennon is the mayor of Orange Beach, Alabama. He joined us on Tuesday's American Morning where he lashed out against BP and the government's response to the oil disaster.


Filed under: Gulf Oil Spill
June 8th, 2010
09:00 AM ET

Oiled birds washed and ready to be released

(CNN) – The images tear your heart out. It's a life and death struggle for birds soaked in oil, shivering and barely breathing. Thanks to the hard working volunteers at a Louisiana rehab center, there have been many happy endings – dozens of creatures ready to be released back into the wild. The director of the center says about 90 birds came in on Sunday alone, by far the biggest single day rescue of this disaster. Our Rob Marciano went out with a marine biologist to look at the wildlife now at risk.


Filed under: Environment • Gulf Oil Spill
June 8th, 2010
08:00 AM ET

Can James Cameron help solve oil spill disaster?

(CNN) – James Cameron is an Oscar-winning director, but he also has decades of real-life experience as a deep sea explorer. Cameron has gathered a team of experts and government officials to come up with a solution in the Gulf. He's offering up his ideas to BP and the government to end the oil spill disaster, but are they listening? Our Jason Carroll spoke with Cameron and has this report.


Filed under: Gulf Oil Spill
June 8th, 2010
07:00 AM ET

Bird's-eye view of black tide

(CNN) – Federal and state authorities are relaxing just a bit after oil washed ashore on the Florida panhandle over the weekend. And there may be some reason to hope that the oil is taking longer than expected to get there as our Jim Acosta found out on the water and up in the air.


Filed under: Gulf Oil Spill
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