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Preliminary Lessons in Crisis Management
Not Even Close The news from the Gulf Coast continues to alarm. The Associated Press reported workers’ accounts of the unfolding tragedy on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf Coast. Imagine...
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The Economist Reports on Louisiana Oysters
Still Yummy On June 6, I wrote a blog posting about the importance of perception with respect to the safety of seafood harvested in the Gulf Coast. Today, The Economist asks “No mo’po’?” meaning “no...
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A Tin Ear in Washington
A Tin Ear in Washington DC Kenneth Feinberg, the man appointed by President Obama to administer a $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf Coast oil spill victims, promised to speed claims payments even as...
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Morale in the Gulf Coast
Source: NOAA Residents of Louisiana must be on pins and needles as their fate is decided. A judge overturned the moratorium on offshore drilling imposed by the federal government, which government...
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Painful Symbolism at the Twin Span Bridge
A Critical Route Tar balls from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have entered Lake Pontchartrain where they have been seen as far away as Slidell, a community west of the Twin Span Bridge. The...
View Article“Rapid” Response is Not Fast Enough
ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell Oil Company pledged $1 billion to create a “rapid response system” to address any future oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. The system is still under...
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The Devil You Know
They Move Slowly Gulf Coast residents who had complained about the glacial speed with which BP paid claims for losses related to the oil spill now appreciate that everything is relative. Since the...
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Hitting It Out of the Park
Boston Red Sox Win Having blogged about the disastrous consequences of the BP oil spill to small businesses in the Gulf Coast states, I was delighted to read this morning’s announcement of the...
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A draft report released by a White House commission charged with examining the government’s response to the Gulf Coast oil spill revealed responses that are consistent in our national approach to...
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Effects of the Oil Spill on Children
Disaster Stresses Children The BP oil spill is responsible for health problems and financial hardship for Gulf Coast residents that may continue well after the cleanup work is finished, according to a...
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