Oil spill reaches Lake Pontchartrain
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 00:21
in Earth & Climate
More than 1,000 pounds of tar balls and waste are removed from the lake that borders New Orleans. The city gets its drinking water elsewhere, but the oil is still a psychological blow. Anne Rheams saw them this week floating in the water, small and scattered and about the size of silver dollars. Some had washed up near boat docks, others near lakeside...