UT-Designed Tech Could Revolutionize Oil Spill Cleanup

Researchers achieved over 99% oil-water separation

"...used to combat the extreme environmental toll of major oil spills, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin..."

Sept. 6, 2023 News Post by Oscar Rodriguez

Oil Spill Fun Facts

"...Dear Editor, Oil spill fun facts: The rate of spillage in the..."

June 24, 2010 Postmarks

Oil!

Steve Forbert's black gold lament

"...what is Forbert’s longest living and breathing song, “The Oil Song.”..."

Aug. 5, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Luv Doc Recommends: Benefit for Gulf Coast Disaster Relief

Jo's Coffee, Friday, July 23, 2010

"...Congress, Jo's and Hotel San José are hosting the Gulf Coast Disaster Relief Benefit. The event is free with..."

July 23, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Human Hair in Nylon Socks to Soak Up Oil?

"...using human hair in nylon socks to soak up oil spills. It appears all attempts at containment and stoppage..."

May 5, 2010 Postmarks

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...When the explosion on the Deep Water Horizon oil drilling platform happened in April of 2010, causing the..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Seeing the Invisible

Margaret Brown dives headfirst into the BP Gulf oil tragedy

"..."Why is the Gulf open?" asks a local fisherman/shrimper, holding up a bag..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

BPness: A Line in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 1.

"...would seem odd to be so close to the Gulf of Mexico and to not at least try to..."

June 25, 2010 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Black Gold Disco

Three local music benefits for the Gulf Coast

"...finally been fixed, but the effects of the BP’s oil spill will linger for years to come. Here are..."

July 23, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

News Roundup: Death and Lawsuits

Ken Paxton has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

"...investigation (from Houston!); BP agrees to pay damages to Gulf states for the 2010 oil spill; and more...."

July 6, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

The Great Invisible

Doc looks at the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the lives of residents in the Gulf area.

"...solemnly recounts the catastrophic consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion off the Louisiana coast in the spring..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.

"...would seem irresponsible to be so close to the Gulf and to not at least try to learn firsthand..."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

What We Talk About When We Talk About Debt

Jennifer Baichwal adapts to screen Margaret Atwood's ideas about indebtedness

"...themes – the inter-family Albanian blood feud, the BP Gulf oil spill, the exploited Florida farmworkers – contained in..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Safer Drilling? Whoda Thunk?

Perry's project seems too little, too late

"...forming a new body to look into preventing future oil disasters. The Gulf Project will bring together academic researchers,..."

July 6, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Revealing The Great Invisible

Filmmaker Margaret Brown dives into the wreckage of the area residents' lives following the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

"...in the coastal region most immediately affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. Austin, of course,..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

The Hightower Report

Watch Out for Superweeds; and Let's Try Good Government

"...justice, try this morsel: On the day that BP's Gulf oil rig blew up, seven of the corporation's executive..."

May 28, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Don't Go Into the Light

It's time to lighten the load of light pollution

"...said, "While it's not as immediately threatening as the Gulf oil spill, at the same time there is this..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Red Hot 2010

Oilcan's, Friday, July 16, 2010

"...The oil business has been getting an especially bad rap recently,..."

July 16, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Event Menu

Why whine about the Gulf when you can wine and dine to help?

"...food in support of the Greater New Orleans Foundation Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund (www.gnof.org) and the Gulf Restoration..."

July 23, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Reality Pipes: Keystone Project Kicks Up Sand

Will Obama give oil pipeline the green light?

"...and a coast still recovering from the worst offshore oil spill in history, it might seem inconceivable that the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

The Hightower Report

Marooned on BP Island; and Dems Cave on Disclosure

"...has been riveted on BP's disastrous blowout in the Gulf, the British oil giant has been quietly and quickly..."

July 9, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Formula One: Last Gasp

"...announcement of the F1 racetrack in the foreground, the oil spill continuing to destroy the Gulf of Mexico and..."

May 26, 2010 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Billion Dollar Tax Loophole; and Oil Spill Blame Game

"...tax bills like the rest of us Americans do. Oil Spill Blame Game..."

May 21, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Top 10 Environmental Stories

An oil spill and a water treatment plant top the list

"...relatively unscathed, the 2010 summer was blackened by an oil spill that surged through the rest of the Gulf..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Eco-Currents

A green (and blue and brown) grab bag of enviro tids and bits

"...Oil spill got you down? As the ladies' magazines will..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Reports Detail Threats to National Wildlife Refuges

Energy exploration endangers refuges, including ones in Texas

"...McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, at risk thanks to large-scale oil and gas exploration, protects the state's largest freshwater marsh..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Postmarks

Readers sound off on a variety of touchy subjects: politicos, abandoned kittens, even the brachiation of apes.

"...how disappointed I was seeing the glossy cig ad spill out of the Chron last week [June 8]. We..."

June 15, 2001 Column

The Hightower Report

Katrina Trailers Attack; and Averting the 'Long Depression'

"...creepy creatures from Hurricane Katrina are reappearing on the Gulf Coast, having been raised from the dead...."

July 23, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Outstanding in Their Field

Like father, like son: Two very different restaurants reflect a lot of the same values

"...for mason jars of pickled local produce, burgers, tacos, Gulf seafood, and chicken-fried anything served alongside beers, wines, and..."

May 14, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

It's Nice To Car Share

The more hands on the wheel, the merrier

"...1 to witness the effects of the horrific BP oil spill, the folly of my own excess hit me..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

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