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The brine cavern was plugged and abandoned in 2011 by Houston-based Texas Brine Co., and company spokesman Sonny Cranch said that while the storm delayed drilling of the exploratory well, operations are expected to begin again late Wednesday.

BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP)— Hurricane Isaac seems to have had little effect on a sinkhole in Assumption Parish that transformed hundreds of feet of swampland into slurry, but after the storm trudged past, three new bubbling gas sites were discovered and officials were trying to find the source.

Baton Rouge mayor implements curfew as Isaac nears 08/29/12 - 11:14pm

BATON ROUGE, La. — Officials in East Baton Rouge Parish said Wednesday they will be cracking down on motorists venturing out into the storm with a strictly enforced curfew as the newly downgraded Isaac slowly inches its way northward, bringing tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain with it. Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden said Baton Rouge residents are urged to stay at home as they wait for the storm to saturate the parish with rain and debris.

California would be first state to ban plastic foam containers 08/29/11 - 12:03am

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Restaurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in California’s state Legislature to ban the plastic foam containers he uses to serve up takeout meals could cost him thousands of dollars in an industry where profit margins already are razor thin. BJ’s Kountry Kitchen, in the heart of California’s farm country, uses about 26,000 of the 9-inch foam clamshells a year, mostly for takeout by the customers who come in for the restaurant’s popular breakfast omelets.

California milk board alters PMS-themed advertising campaign amid criticism 07/22/11 - 12:13am

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