Stephen Perry New Orleans
New Orleans Tourism Gushes Success Despite Oil Misperceptions Stephen Perry, President and C.E.O. of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau BACKGROUND: If you travel to New Orleans in search of the oil disaster, you will be happily disappointed. But if you travel to New Orleans in search of fabulous restaurants, spectacular family attractions, iconic […]
New Orleans fears new disaster
The city of New Orleans, on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, is no stranger to disaster. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts of the city and it still has yet to fully recover. Now as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens to devastate the region’s wildlife and coastal industries, residents in New Orleans fear they […]
Mary Matalin: New Orleans Open for Business
Fmr. Advisor to Vice President Cheney Mary Matalin weighs in on the Gulf oil spill. Duration : 0:9:28
Oil firms challenge US drilling ban
The six-month moratorium on new deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is facing a legal challenge, despite the fact that oil continues to gush from a ruptured undersea well. More than a dozen companies involved in offshore drilling operations have launched a lawsuit that would reverse the Obama administration’s ban. Al Jazeera’s […]
oil fire rig fire off the coast of New Orleans La Deepwater Horizon
oil fire rig fire off the coast of New Orleans La Deepwater Horizon Video Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Duration : 0:1:25
New Orleans’s Landrieu Discusses Deepwater Drilling: Video
June 24 (Bloomberg) — New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu talks about the U.S. government’s moratorium on deepwater drilling. A federal judge denied a request by the government to delay an order that allows drilling to resume. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg) Duration : 0:0:26
BP Blocking Media Access? New Orleans interview
wdsutv — BP Blocking Media Access? Great interview from New Orleans TV station wdsu tv. Copyright wdsutv New Orleans 2010 BP blocking blocks media access new Orleans oil spill gulf of mexico blackout Duration : 0:3:21
oil fire rig fire off the coast of New Orleans La Deepwater Horizon
oil fire rig fire off the coast of New Orleans La Deepwater Horizon Video Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Duration : 0:2:11
Drew Brees Quarterbacking Gulf Aid Effort
New Orleans Saints raffling Super Bowl ring to raise money for devastated region Duration : 0:4:11