Evangelical leaders link Gulf spill to faith and energy shifts
Revs Jim Ball Mitchell Hescox and Galen Carey visit southern Louisiana to aid oil spill victims. They pray with unemployed locals and call the disaster a moral challenge to stewardship of creation, urging a switch to cleaner energy while criticizing federal response leadership and organization.
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Gulf of Mexico
Jim Ball
Mitchell Hescox
Evangelical Environmental Network
Louisiana
Galen Carey
National Association of Evangelicals
Ball
Admiral Allen Tours Gulf Coast After Criticism
Admiral Thad Allen led a Louisiana visit to assess oil cleanup in the wake of severe spill damage. State and local officials condemned the federal shutdown of 16 barges used to absorb crude as part of the response efforts.
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Allen
Myrile Grove
Coast Guard
Gulf Coast
Thad Allen
Louisiana
Oil field may hold about 2 billion gallons of oil
BP chief Tony Hayward told a House subcommittee the Gulf reservoir feeding the gushing well probably still contains about 2 billion gallons of oil, or around 50 million barrels. Government flow estimates place daily discharge between 73.5 and 126 million gallons. At that rate, the reservoir could drain in two to nearly four years.
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Hayward
Washington
Tony Hayward
Gulf of Mexico
Neighbors recall loss after deadly attack on Muckleroy home
Isaac Smith and Linda Buchanan described Muckleroy as a neighbor who welcomed them to Baytown and treated her family like kin. Police cars arrived after the attack on North Street, a close community where residents knew each other for years.
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Isaac Smith
Muckleroy
North Street
Baytown
Alexander Drive
Smith
Linda Buchanan
Baytown Sun
Mark Fleming
Julia Lynn Muckleroy
BP CEO Hayward defends role at Gulf spill hearing
BP chief Tony Hayward told lawmakers he was not involved in well decisions and blamed regulators and underlings for choices. He denied cement and design decisions were his, while lawmakers pressed on safety flaws and a $20 billion fund for victims. A protester and sharp questions from Waxman and Engel punctuated the hearing as Hagward emphasized safety as his focus since 2007.
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Hayward
Henry Waxman
Dcalif
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Eliot Engel
D-N.y
Waxman
Burgess
Barton
Barack Obama
Gulf of Mexico States
U.S
White House
House
John Boehner
Eric Cantor
Mike Pence
Oil and Gas Industry
Capitol
Diane Wilson
Seadrift
Texas
Gulf Coast
Stupak
Subcommittee
Michigan
Alaska
City planning panel backs drive way spacing rules and code work
The planning and zoning commission urged City Council to approve standards for minimum spacing between non residential driveways to reduce street conflicts. Recommended gaps include 200 feet on feeder roads, 165 feet on arterials, 75 feet on locals, and 50 feet for cul de sacs, with an appeal process for undue hardship. The panel also seeks oil and gas drilling rule revisions and aims to schedule summer sessions on the Unified Land Development Code.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
City Council
Carpenter
Joe C. Floyd
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