Mobile, Ala., feels backlash of gulf oil spill
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 19:30
in Earth & Climate
Locals are wary of outsiders' mounting scorn against the offshore oil and gas industry, the city's top employer. The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not likely to change pro-oil attitudes in southern Alabama — where gas rigs sprout in the middle of Mobile Bay, drilling platforms are visible from the beaches and the energy industry is a top...