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Lessons from BP oil spill: Tap the power of the people

The moment Gulfport, Miss., resident Megan Jordan feared has arrived. The viscous onslaught of crude is no longer an abstract horror belonging to Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida. The first globules of oil have slipped through the Mississippi Sound and washed ashore in nearby Ocean Springs. For Ms. Jordan and her neighbors, this isn’t just any beach – it’s the keeper of memories, the provenance of dreams. The destruction is hard to bear. Their passion, properly channeled, could become a crucial element in future oil spill defense.

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Carmen Sisson July 10, 2010 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines BP, Christian Science Monitor, Deepwater Horizon, environment, Gulfport, Mississippi, oil spill, oilspill, volunteerism

Hoping and praying for an oil spill miracle

Oil spill prayer vigil

The nation spent Wednesday riveted by a live video feed of BP’s latest attempt to stop the geyser of oil infiltrating the Gulf of Mexico, but in Louisiana, sights were set on the heavens as residents gathered at First Baptist Church of Chalmette to pray. One by one, they stood and asked God for protection, guidance, comfort, and mercy. At times, they clung together so closely that they evoked images of the delicate reeds that are now in danger – frail, but not weak; bent, but not broken. Never, ever broken.

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Carmen Sisson May 27, 2010 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Chalmette, Christian Science Monitor, faith, Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, oil, oil spill, oilspill, prayer, religion 0

Obama vows better safety for W. Va. coal miners

Barack Obama

Black ribbons fluttered in the breeze as a homemade pinwheel bearing 29 names turned slowly, lending a splash of color to an otherwise overcast day in southern West Virginia. Here, residents are still coming to grips with the state’s worst mining disaster in more than two decades. Part of that process continued Sunday, when President Obama spoke at a eulogy for the 29 coal miners who died in the accident.

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Carmen Sisson April 25, 2010 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, coal miners, coal mining, disaster, explosion, Obama, safety, Summersville, West Virginia, workplace safety 0

Mardi Gras spirit fills New Orleans Saints victory parade

“The Saints – they’re like wayward sons,” Mrs. Wood said. “They don’t do the right thing sometimes, but you keep giving them money and keep supporting them. Finally it paid off. It’s like the prodigal son finally came home.”

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Carmen Sisson February 9, 2010 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, football, Louisiana, New Orleans, Saints, sports 0

After Saints’ Super Bowl victory, New Orleans not ready to end the party

In a city that’s known far too much sorrow over the past few years, finally there is a reason to smile again. Still, it may be a long time before the city comes down from this high. As one reveler was heard saying in the French Quarter Sunday night: “Work? There’s no work tomorrow. It’s All Saint’s Day!”

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Carmen Sisson February 8, 2010 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, football, Louisiana, New Orleans, Saints, sports 0

Alabama football fans headed to Rose Bowl after judge delays trial

Delays are common, but this may be the first time a football game has pre-empted a trial, says Scott Vowell, presiding judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit for Jefferson County in Alabama. Of course, he’s heard a myriad of other excuses over the years. Funerals. Illnesses. The dog ate my briefcase. The best was the time an attorney asked for a delay so he could join an evangelical rock band and a troupe of Russian ballerinas on a tour of England.

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Carmen Sisson December 18, 2009 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Alabama, Christian Science Monitor, football, sports, Tuscaloosa 0
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