Mobile Musician’s Oil Spill Song Takes On New Meaning Years Later
A Mobile musician's instrumental written after the Deepwater Horizon spill has taken on new personal meaning following his brother's death, years later.
Mobile Comedian William Masters Marks BP Oil Spill Anniversary With Satirical Rap Single
A Mobile-based comedian found a creative way to mark the first anniversary of the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster, releasing a satirical rap single that channeled the frustration and dark…
Gulf Coast Braces for Uncertainty as Oil Nears Alabama’s Barrier Islands
As tar balls turn up near Dauphin Island and businesses from the coast to Loxley report falling revenue, Mobile Baykeeper's Casi Callaway urges residents to document local waters ahead of…
Oil Globs Coated Dauphin Island in June 2010
A 2010 WKRG report documented oil globs coating parts of Dauphin Island as the Gulf spill response continued.
Tar Balls Reached Dauphin Island in May 2010
A 2010 WKRG report said tar balls believed connected to the Gulf oil spill began washing ashore on Dauphin Island.
Inside the Blowout: What It Would Take to Stop the Oil a Mile Beneath the Gulf
A plain-language guide to the Deepwater Horizon spill: why the blowout preventer failed, the three plans to stop the leak, how crude behaves at sea, and how this spill compares…