The key to stemming the stream of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico may be as clear as mud. Spill officials said this morning that blasting the leaking well with "heavy drilling mud" seem to be working to…
_pap_embed_custom('news01s4013qebd',482,304,""); President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. government is doing everything it can to permanently stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and to mitigate the damage done to the local ecosystem and economy. In televised…
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In his backyard in Denver, Ray Tomasso calls paper making 17th-century-style recycling. His workshop is filled with boxes of old cotton rags, blue jeans, rag board and scraps of paper -- the perfect material for his art.
Reports of fisherman who had been hired to clean up oil in the Gulf of Mexico falling ill have raised concerns about the health effects of the stew of oil and chemicals in the area. On…
A shrimp boat outfitted with oil booms makes its way to port Thursday near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. BP's latest effort to end the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico showed signs of progress…
Federal scientists have released a report estimating the Gulf oil spill has surpassed the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, making it the worst in U.S. history. Jeffrey Brown speaks to a chemical oceanographer about the scope of the…
Tom Bearden reports from Jefferson Parish, La., on how residents and business owners impacted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill view the government's response to the disaster.
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