Tag: coast guard officials

From the article I posted early about oil entering the marshes comes this very troublesome tidbit: When CBS News tried to reach the beach, covered in oil, a boat of BP contractors with two Coast Guard officers on board told us to turn around under threat of arrest. Coast Guard officials said they are looking […]

This is all we know so far: The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it was responding to another oil drilling rig accident near Morgan City, Louisiana. The “mobile inland drilling unit” overturned in the Charenton navigational channel south of U.S. Highway 90 at Morgan City. UPDATE. Here’s some more: Officials say an oil drilling rig […]