Jul 27 Coast Guard Photos of Newest Oil Leak By Travis Daub Earlier Tuesday, a barge collided with an abandoned oil well in Barataria Bay, La., just north of an area already hit by oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak. The 20-foot gusher of oil and natural gas is… Continue reading
Jul 27 Obama Still Supports Energy Bill, Says Afghan Papers Could Jeopardize 'Individuals or Operations' By News Desk President Obama spoke to reporters Tuesday after meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House. In brief comments, the president said that despite political setbacks on the scope of an energy bill, he still supports the… Continue reading
Jul 27 A Closer Look at WikiLeaks' Past, Future By Dave Gustafson While some cheer the mission of the WikiLeaks website and the secret material it has disclosed, the site continues to rankle U.S. government officials who say it poses threats to national security, lives and diplomatic matters. Continue reading
Jul 27 Tuesday: BP's Hayward Exits as CEO as Company Reports $17B Loss By Maureen Hoch After days of speculation, BP made it official early Tuesday: embattled CEO Tony Hayward will step down from his post and be replaced by American Robert Dudley on Oct. 1. The news comes as the company, which is still… Continue reading
Jul 26 BP Could Begin Final Oil Well Kill Procedure Next Week By Lea Winerman 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… Continue reading
Jul 26 The Morning Line: Leaked Afghanistan Field Reports to Shape Political War Debate At Home By Terence Burlij The release of 92,000 classified reports by the website WikiLeaks paints a familiar and bleak picture of just how difficult and convoluted achieving success in Afghanistan will be for the American military. These reports will shine a bright light… Continue reading
Jul 25 Despite Skeptics, Feinberg Enthusiastic to Put $20B Oil Disaster Fund to Work BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. | At 7 a.m. Saturday, Kenneth Feinberg stood in front of a standing-room only crowd at the municipal building in Bayou La Batre, Ala., and told people "I am your lawyer." He didn't get… Continue reading
Jul 24 Crews Return to Kill Oil Well as Tropical Storm Bonnie Fizzles With Tropical Storm Bonnie downgraded to a tropical depression, a drilling rig and ships associated with the effort to kill the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well reversed course Saturday when the weather forecast improved. "We are going to continue… Continue reading
Jul 23 Oil Rig Alarm System Was Disabled Before Explosion, Technician Says The chief electrician aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig testified Friday that a fire and natural gas alarm system had been disabled for a year before the rig exploded and sank three months ago, setting off the largest… Continue reading
Jul 23 Scientist Studies Oil Dispersant's Effects, Methane in the Gulf On Thursday's NewsHour, Spencer Michels reported on the ongoing controversy over the use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has sprayed nearly 2 million gallons of dispersant -- mostly a brand called Corexit -- into… Continue reading