NEWSMAX: Five years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf of Mexico, both Republican and Democrat officials in Louisiana say the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, put in place after the BP oil spill, is now that state’s biggest problem…
The recent oil spill left many fishing boats in the Mississippi delta and Gulf of Mexico coastal area idle.
But more people in Louisiana make a living from the oil and gas industry than from fishing and the moratorium has put hundreds of them out of work… (more)
