Science Oct 22 6 Months After Gulf Oil Crisis Began, Environmental Fears and ‘Spillionaires’ Six months after oil began flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP's blown-out well is long capped but the effects of the spill are still being felt. Hari Sreenivasan spoke to Bob Marshall, who covers the…
Science Oct 06 Report: Government Underestimated, Underreported Oil Spill Size According to the National Oil Spill Commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf, the White House blocked efforts by federal scientists to tell the public the worst-case estimates of the leak in late April or early May. That…
Nation Aug 25 The Ninth Ward, 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina Betty Ann Bowser looks at what has changed in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans -- and what hasn't -- since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area five years ago.
Science Aug 19 Gulf Oil Plume Map Adds to Debate Over Spill’s Undersea Impact Months after the Deepwater Horizon oil leak began, a 22-mile-long, 1.2-mile-wide and 650-foot-high plume of microscopic oil compounds floated 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near the well, according to a study published Thursday in…
Science Aug 04 Almost 75% of Oil in Gulf Now Accounted For, Government Says Almost three-quarters of the oil that was released into the Gulf of Mexico during the nearly three-month-long Deepwater Horizon oil leak has been vacuumed up, burned, naturally biodegraded or dispersed in the water, according to a government report released…
Science Jul 29 Timeline: The Oil Spill at 100 Days As the Deepwater Horizon oil leak surpasses the 100-day mark, here is a timeline of some key events from the past few months with links to NewsHour coverage (click on images for a larger view):…
Science Jul 26 BP Could Begin Final Oil Well Kill Procedure Next Week BP could begin taking the final steps to try to kill its blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as soon as next week, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday. Allen gave the most specific timeline yet for…
Health Jul 07 Obama Uses Recess Appointment to Install New Medicare, Medicaid Chief President Obama on Wednesday announced that he would sidestep congressional hearings and use a recess appointment to install Dr. Donald Berwick as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The job -- running the federal health insurance…
Health Jul 07 U.S. health care system field guide: Terms and Key Players A continuously updated index of the key terms and players in the ongoing debate over reforming the U.S. health care system.
Science Jun 10 Government Announces New, Higher Oil Flow Estimates Updated 7:05 p.m. ET The flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico could have been as low as 20,000 barrels per day and as high as 40,000 or even 50,000 barrels per day before June 3, according to new…