Weekly News Roundup: New Waves of Oil, Dead Fish and Dire Financial Times

Our weekly roundup of noteworthy Gulf Coast news and stories.

• We came across some great infographics and “by the numbers” pieces this week. Be sure to check out What BP Could Have Done With All the Money They Lost and The Deepwater Horizon Spill By the Numbers
• New Wave of Oil Comes Ashore West of Mississippi River
• Gulf Coast Residents in Dire Straits, Waiting for BP Claims
• Massive Fish Kill Reported in Louisiana — A first look at this photo and it looks like asphalt, but at closer inspection you realize it’s a sea of dead fish. Unfortunately, “no testing is currently planned to determine how the kill may relate to the BP oil disaster.”
• Focusing in On Oil — A first person report from the UGA Department of Marine Sciences blog on searching for oil on the seafloor. “What we found today is not a natural seep.”
• Thousands of People Along the Gulf Coast Suffer BP Crud — Locals seriously concerned about the health impacts of the spill.

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