Frustrated Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser yells at a Coast Guard commander.
More than eight months after an oil rig explosion launched the biggest oil disaster in U.S. history, Louisiana officials say they're still finding thick layers of oil along parts of the state's coastline.
Thad Allen, the government's point man on the BP oil disaster, said Tuesday current weather conditions are too rough to remove the blowout preventer on BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, but winds may ease enough by the weekend for work to continue.
It's 8 a.m. inside the third-floor war room of the government building in Plaquemines Parish, ground zero in the three-month battle against BP's mess.
CNN spends the day with the Plaquemines Parish president in New Orleans as he deals with the Gulf oil disaster.
BP's incoming CEO Bob Dudley announces James Lee Witt will support the company's work in restoring Gulf communities.
What's next now that the oil stopped flowing, and what will happen when BP's crippled well in the Gulf of Mexico is finally, permanently sealed?
This Fourth of July weekend New Orleans will be packed with nearly 300,000 people, as the National Education Association holds its annual convention, and folks from across the country descend on the Crescent City for three days of partying and concerts featuring Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson and Earth, Wind & Fire, all headliners at the 16th annual Essence Music Festival.
The BP oil spill is defining the political landscape in the summer of 2010 as much as the rise of the Tea Party did in 2009. It is driving the national debate, and changing the way we think about both government and business.
President Obama sought to assure victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster Wednesday that BP's $20 billion escrow account set up for compensations would not cap the amount the company may be responsible for paying.
Crews cleaning up the oil in one Louisiana parish have trampled the nests and eggs of birds including the brown pelican, which came off the endangered species list last year, the head of the parish said Wednesday.
Frustration with the response to the growing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico boiled over Thursday as federal and local officials complained that it remains unclear who is in charge of the response.
When Billy Nungesser appears on the news, sweat-soaked and breathless, railing against BP and the government for failing to keep the oil in the Gulf of Mexico from reaching Louisiana's shores, the anguish on the politician's face is real.
Gulf Coast residents face a new worry with the beginning of hurricane season. CNN's John Zarrella reports.
The parish president said his knees got weak. The congressman said it was like a punch to the stomach, but that his constituents are resilient.
CNN's David Mattingly reports from Robert, Louisiana, about the next option after the 'top kill' procedure failed.
Three attempts to pump mud and 16 tries to stuff solid material into a breached Gulf of Mexico oil well failed to stop the flow, top BP executives said Saturday, and engineers and executives with the oil giant have decided to "move on to the next option."
President Obama visits Grand Isle, Louisiana, but some locals are not happy with his trip. CNN's Ed Henry reports.
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