Apr 20 One Year Later, Where Has All the Oil Gone? By Jenny Marder The Gulf of Mexico has always been an oily place. Early sea captains wrote in their log books of slicks of oil. Mayan Indians used natural tars to seal their water jugs and waterproof their canoes. As many as 50… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch Should Courts or EPA Regulate Greenhouse Gases? The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday stemming from a 2004 lawsuit over whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Gwen Ifill speaks with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle about the case, the arguments… Continue watching
Apr 19 On BP Gusher Anniversary, Achenbach Gauges Deepwater Drilling’s Future A disaster that began with a deadly explosion in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico became a months-long drama that captured the world's attention and drew increased scrutiny to undersea oil drilling. With Wednesday marking the first anniversary of… Continue reading
Apr 19 One Year Later, Louisianans Still Recovering From Gulf Oil Spill Wednesday marks the one year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 workers and sent more than 200 million gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf waters… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch Louisianans Still Struggling One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill Hari Sreenivasan talks to Shauna Sanford and Charlie Whinham of LPB about the oil spill. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch A Year After BP Oil Spill Began, No Easy Answers on Gulf Coast’s Future It's been nearly one year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf. Continue watching
Apr 15 Reporter’s Notebook: The BP Oil Spill, One Year Later As the first anniversary of the British Petroleum oil well blowout approaches, Gulf Coast residents are taking stock of what has happened to them and contemplating what the future might hold. NewsHour Correspondent Tom Bearden was on the scene during… Continue reading
Apr 15 Science: If These Teeth Could Talk The microscopic scratches and pits found on ancient teeth can be used to reconstruct the diets of human ancestors and ancient animals, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports in his latest piece for the National Science Foundation's Science Nation.*… Continue reading
Apr 14 ‘Into the Cold’: A Filmmaker’s Trek to the Top of the World EmbedVideo(354, 482, 304); To get to the North Pole, Sebastian Copeland and his partner Keith Heger had to trek 400 miles on foot, scaling high boulders and forging icy rivers -- and all while dragging a 200-pound sled… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Into the Cold: A Filmmaker’s Trek to the Top of the World Sebastian Copeland chronicled his journey to the North Pole in his latest documentary. Continue watching