Weekly News Roundup: Corporate Influence, BP Payment Lag and Reopened Fishing Areas

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Our weekly roundup of noteworthy Gulf Coast news and stories.

• Beyond Oil: Corporate Influence and Regulation — another great article in OnEarth Magazine’s ongoing essay series on the oil spill and our national leadership on climate and energy issues
• NOAA Reopens More than 4,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area
• BP Oil Spill Threatens Endangered Species With Extinction — Video interview with David Kennedy of NOAA: “I’m frightened for the country, for the environment.”
• Key Device On Gulf Oil Rig Did Not Get Recertified
• BP payments for Gulf of Mexico oil spill response facilities lagging, some say — “We continue to hear commercial after commercial about ‘BP is here until everything is cleaned up, BP is here to make everything right.’ This is an opportunity to make this right. We stand ready as a parish … to facilitate whatever has to happen to resolve this.”