Jul 06 Oil Spill Update: Skimming Efforts Falling Short By Chris Amico Skimming efforts haven't proven nearly as effective at removing oil from the Gulf of Mexico as BP told federal regulators just before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, the Washington Post reports: In a March report that was not questioned by… Continue reading
Jul 06 Tuesday: Oil Washes Ashore on Texas Beaches; Obama to Meet With Netanyahu By Tom LeGro Strong storms and rough water in the Gulf of Mexico kept oil skimming boats idle Tuesday morning, as BP's oil reached Texas beaches for the first time. The oil has now reached every Gulf state. About a dozen tar balls… Continue reading
Jul 05 Reporter’s Notebook: One-on-One in Houston With BP’s Bob Dudley By Ray Suarez Ever since our hour-long, live-streaming interview with BP executive Bob Dudley last week, which featured questions from the public submitted via YouTube and Google, people have been asking me questions about how the conversation unfolded and the… Continue reading
Jul 05 Monday: BP’s Costs Reach $3 Billion; Petraeus Takes Over in Afghanistan By Tom LeGro An oil spill cleanup crew works on July 4 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. BP's costs for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has reached just over $3 billion for capping the well, cleanup… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Heavy Surf, High Winds Affect Cleanup as Weather Continues to Strike Gulf Many ships, including the testing of a new "super skimmer ship", were prevented from cleaning the shorelines as rough conditions persisted this weekend in the Gulf of Mexico. Ray Suarez talks to Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum Extension Service… Continue watching
Jul 02 Gulf Shore a Tough Sell for Tourists Each night conga lines of beach cleaning machines are towed slowly over the sand from Orange Beach to Gulf Shores, Ala. Rotating steel screens separate out the tar balls and larger clumps of congealed crude oil that wash ashore during… Continue reading
Jul 01 Dudley: BP, Government Researching Options in Case Relief Wells Don’t Work By News Desk Updated 5:44 p.m. | In an exclusive live online interview with the NewsHour's Ray Suarez, BP's chief of Gulf Coast restoration Bob Dudley said the company and the U.S. government are exploring "at least two options to divert the flow"… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch ‘America Speaks to BP’ Full Transcript: Bob Dudley Interview Google, YouTube and the PBS NewsHour teamed up to bring you into BP headquarters in Houston, Texas, for an exclusive interview with Bob Dudley, the executive newly in change for BP's oil disaster response. Here is the full transcript. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Dudley: BP Intends to Meet Commitments in Gulf ‘for Many Years’ As oil cleanup continues in the Gulf, Ray Suarez has excerpts from his interview in Houston with BP executive Bob Dudley, who answered viewer questions about the company's cleanup efforts and claims response. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Aftermath From Hurricane Alex Continues to Hamper Oil Cleanup Efforts After-effects from Hurricane Alex again kept oil cleanup crews in port, as one estimate indicated the gusher is now the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffrey Brown has an update on cleanup efforts. Continue watching