http://www.publicmediaexchange.org Public Media Exchange - Gulf Coast Consortium en elembo@aptv.org Copyright 2012 2012-05-15T16:25:47+00:00 http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/governor_signs_legislation_that_may_be_beneficial_to_some_criminals http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/governor_signs_legislation_that_may_be_beneficial_to_some_criminals#When:21:53:50Z
The laws were part of Gov. Jindals legislative agenda and were recommended by the Louisiana Sentencing Commission.]]> 2012-05-18T21:53:50+00:00 http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/concerns_mount_over_health_of_gulf_dolphins http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/concerns_mount_over_health_of_gulf_dolphins#When:22:30:28Z
A preliminary report on dolphins being tracked in Barataria Bay, Louisiana shows some dolphins were heavily oiled. One scientist has described the dolphins as being the sickest he has ever seen. But, so far, NOAA has not established a direct link between the health of the dolphins and the illnesses and deaths they have been tracking over the last few years.]]> 2012-05-17T22:30:28+00:00 http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/louisiana_senate_committe_rejects_bill_to_limit_cell_phone_use_while_drivin http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/louisiana_senate_committe_rejects_bill_to_limit_cell_phone_use_while_drivin#When:20:46:09Z 2012-05-17T20:46:09+00:00 http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/bp_oil_showing_up_in_minnesota_oil http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/bp_oil_showing_up_in_minnesota_oil#When:21:50:20Z
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A bill by Senate President John Alario of Westwego would prohibit abortions 20 weeks into pregnancies, except in cases where the pregnancy puts the mother's life is in jeopardy. Framers of the legislation says at 20 weeks, the fetus has developed enough to feel pain.

Any doctor performing an abortion beyond 20 weeks of gestation could be face up to two years in prison.
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Scientists are trying to determine whether the larger foreign shrimp can endanger the native brown and pink shrimp populations. They say they don't have any evidence that the tigers are using the local shrimp as prey, but both the native shrimp and the tiger prawns change their diets as they get larger and the situation bears watching.

Wildlife officials say they have received about 80 reports of Asian shrimp in local waters since the fall season. One fisherman says he caught 13 tiger shrimp within a three-day period. Anyone who catches an Asian tiger prawn should contact Robert Bourgeois at rbourgeois@wlf.la.gov or (225) 765-0765 or Marty Bourgeois at mbourgeois@wlf.la.gov or (225) 765-2401 with the date, location and size of capture. ]]> 2012-05-16T19:44:54+00:00 http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/ship_wreckage_in_gulf_may_be_200_years_old http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/ship_wreckage_in_gulf_may_be_200_years_old#When:18:59:10Z The remnants of the vessel include its anchor, navigational instruments, glass bottles, cannons and boxes of muskets. A rare ship’s stove is also among the findings. It is one of only a few such stoves still in existence, and the second to be found in a ship’s wreckage. The wooden hull of the vessel has deteriorated.
Historians believe the vessel could have been involved in the War of 1812 or the Mexican-American War. You can learn more about the wreckage by visiting http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/welcome.html.
The primary purposes of the NASA and BOEM 56-day Gulf expedition were to provide better mapping of the waterway, to develop and test methods to measure the rate that gas rises form naturally occurring seeps on the seafloor and to investigate potential ship wrecks. Knowledge of archeological artifacts could be a factor in determining whether certain areas can be opened to oil exploration and drilling.
]]> 2012-05-16T18:59:10+00:00 http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/bp_may_expand_drilling_in_gulf_of_mexico http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/bp_may_expand_drilling_in_gulf_of_mexico#When:20:01:04Z The company says if all goes as planned, it will have eight rigs operating in the Gulf by December, up from three at the time of the massive oil leak two years ago.
Even amid prospects of increased drilling in Gulf waters, BP says it is "marketing for sale its interests in certain non-strategic assets in the Gulf, including the Marlin, Horn Mountain, Holstein, Ram Powell and Diana Hoover fields." ]]> 2012-05-07T20:01:04+00:00 http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/researchers_say_it_will_take_time_to_determine_full_impact_of_oil_spill http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/researchers_say_it_will_take_time_to_determine_full_impact_of_oil_spill#When:17:05:57Z 2012-05-04T17:05:57+00:00 http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/disagreement_abounds_over_progress_in_oil_spill_cleanup http://www.publicmediaexchange.org/index.php/treatment/disagreement_abounds_over_progress_in_oil_spill_cleanup#When:16:25:17Z 2012-05-04T16:25:17+00:00