OIL DRILLING
Drilling returning to Gulf
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20101027/BUSINESS/10270308/Drilling-returning-to-Gulf
Majority of Likely Voters Support Expanded Offshore Drilling
http://washingtonindependent.com/101749/majority-of-likely-voters-support-expanded-offshore-drilling
"...59 percent of likely voters would approve of "allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling." Just 35 percent would disapprove."
ALTERNATIVES TO OIL
Navy boat uses algae-based fuel on way to 'green fleet'
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/26/navy-boat-uses-algae-based-fuel-on-way-to-green-fleet/
ALABAMA
Frustration remains six months after oil spill
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=13361603
LOUISIANA
Louisiana Builds Barriers Even as Oil Disperses
"Three months after BP capped its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, the state of Louisiana is still building a chain of sand berms off its coast to block and capture oil even as federal officials and many scientists argue that the effort will prove pointless."
Coastal parishes get 'pittance' in offshore revenues
MISSISSIPPI
Six Months After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Gulfport and Biloxi