Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Alabama has received more than $790 million in BP-funded restoration and expects over $1.4 billion more — but officials and environmentalists say the Gulf Coast’s recovery is far from finished.
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Dauphin Island
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Dauphin Island Sea Lab Director to Weigh In on Oil Spill Policy
George Crozier, longtime director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, was invited to deliver a talk examining how the 1990 Oil Pollution Act fared against the reality of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Gulf Shores
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Gulf Shores to Host ‘Hands Across the Sand’ Anti-Drilling Rally
A nationwide demonstration against offshore drilling was set to reach Gulf Shores, where participants planned to gather on the public beach to oppose drilling and call for clean energy in the shadow of the Gulf oil spill.
Baldwin County
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Talk of a Special Session on Gas Royalties Set Up a Fight With Oil Lobbyists
With an industrial recruitment session no longer needed, speculation in August 2008 turned to a special legislative session on natural gas royalties, a fight expected to test the oil industry’s lobbyists.