Pensacola Beach

Many Florida beaches have no oil, but also not many tourists
Published August 1, 2010
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLA. -- There is no oil on Pensacola Beach. There is no oil in Navarre. None in Fort Walton. And none in Destin. Scott Threlkeld, The Times-PicayunePensacola Beach has only a few sun worshipers out Thursday as the...

Pensacola Beach beautiful today
Published August 1, 2010
Green flag and beautiful weather at Pensacola Beach, and very few tar balls to be seen.

Gulf beach closings and warnings by the thousands from Louisiana to Florida, due to BP oil spill
Published August 1, 2010
Gulf beach closings from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle were nearly 10 times more often this summer than last because of oil from BP's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Nightlife fuels a still healthy beach bar and club scene
Published August 1, 2010
Locals, night crowds, keeping some beach businesses afloat.

Oil spill: Cleanup slows down
Published August 1, 2010
Less oil means less work for people working cleanup effort

Has the Oil Damage Been Exaggerated? A Response
Published August 1, 2010
I think it's far too early to declare the oil spill a bust.

Along with the oil, cleanup jobs vanishing
Published August 1, 2010
Uncertainty, like the Gulf's waters, ebbs and flows in this fishing village in Louisiana's southern reaches. Shortly after the oil began gushing more than three months ago, fishing was banned in vast areas of the Gulf of Mexico , and many of the local fishermen in this rustic town of 500 residents didn't know where their next paycheck would come from.

Escambia fishing waters reopened Saturday
Published August 1, 2010
Coastal state waters now open to harvest of saltwater fish

Oil, Dispersants from BP Spill May Have Entered Gulf Food Chain
Published August 1, 2010
Scientists have raised yet another alarm about the dispersants BP has used in unprecedented amounts to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. According to GulfLive.com, researchers have found an oil and dispersant mix beneath the shells of post-larval blue crabs. The discovery is one of the first signs that the BP [...]

Escambia waters reopened for fishing
Published August 1, 2010
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reopened state waters offshore of Escambia County for fishing Saturday. The area was closed June 14 due to the impacts of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.