<![CDATA[Kentucky.com -- McClatchy Network]]> http://www.kentucky.com/1084/index.html Kentucky.com, Lexington, KY en-us Copyright 2012 - Kentucky.com McClatchy Network 60 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:04 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 dlawhead@herald-leader.com (Deedra Lawhead) <![CDATA[Gulf oil spill setback: Dome doesn't work as planned]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/08/1257289/gulf-oil-spill-setback-first-effort.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/08/1257289/gulf-oil-spill-setback-first-effort.html Sat, 08 May 2010 16:09 EDT A mammoth white containment dome placed over a leaking oil well 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico was moved away from the well Saturday after ice-like…

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]]> <![CDATA[Oil spill might miss Mississippi shores, Gov. Haley Barbour says]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/03/1249452/oil-spill-might-miss-mississippi.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/03/1249452/oil-spill-might-miss-mississippi.html Mon, 03 May 2010 07:10 EDT Gov. Haley Barbour said at a news conference Sunday that a massive oil spill might be contained without reaching Mississippi shores, but oil from the Deepwater Horizon had inched to…

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]]> <![CDATA[Change in weather gives crews more time to fight oil spill]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/03/1250419/change-in-weather-gives-crews.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/03/1250419/change-in-weather-gives-crews.html Washington Mon, 03 May 2010 21:24 EDT Shifting and easing winds on Monday bought time for weather-beaten crews to bottle up and burn off a massive slick of rust-colored crude oil before it fouls fragile marshes and…

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]]> <![CDATA[Officials on Mississippi coast press BP to pay for cleanup]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/02/1248780/officials-on-mississippi-coast.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/02/1248780/officials-on-mississippi-coast.html Sun, 02 May 2010 15:18 EDT BP officials told South Mississippi leaders Saturday that beaches probably can't be protected from a major oil spill and will have to be cleaned after it comes ashore. Local government…

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]]> <![CDATA[Gulf Coast states brace for nightmare cleanup from oil spill]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/02/1248729/gulf-coast-states-brace-for-nightmare.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/02/1248729/gulf-coast-states-brace-for-nightmare.html Sun, 02 May 2010 14:40 EDT Environmental and emergency managers acknowledged that they can't protect every stretch of coastline threatened by an undersea gusher spewing an oil slick that's spread across the Gulf of Mexico faster…

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]]> <![CDATA[Gulf spill could affect Alaska's offshore oil development]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/02/1248931/gulf-spill-could-affect-alaskas.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/02/1248931/gulf-spill-could-affect-alaskas.html Sun, 02 May 2010 19:07 EDT The oil gushing from a Gulf of Mexico oil well has the potential to touch Alaska in many ways. National outrage could dim the prospects of an offshore oil boom…

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]]> <![CDATA[Loop current could carry gulf spill oil toward Florida Keys]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/04/1250862/loop-current-could-carry-gulf.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/04/1250862/loop-current-could-carry-gulf.html Tue, 04 May 2010 07:08 EDT Oceanographers tracking the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico fear a powerful loop current will propel the mess across the mangrove islands, seagrass beds and coral reefs of…

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]]> <![CDATA[Despite oil spill, Texas's Perry voices 'full confidence' in BP]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/03/1250124/despite-oil-spill-texass-perry.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/03/1250124/despite-oil-spill-texass-perry.html Mon, 03 May 2010 16:01 EDT Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry weighed in on the Gulf oil spill Monday, telling reporters that he had "full confidence" in British Petroleum and calling the blowout that led to…

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]]> <![CDATA[Oil spill doesn't change positions in California GOP Senate race]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/03/1250123/oil-spill-doesnt-change-positions.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/03/1250123/oil-spill-doesnt-change-positions.html Mon, 03 May 2010 16:16 EDT The mammoth oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has done nothing to alter views on offshore drilling in California's Republican Senate race.

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