May 28 Behind the Special ‘Drilling Mud’ That Helps Clog the Oil Leak 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… Continue reading
May 28 Obama Tells Gulf Residents That “Buck Stops With Me” By Quinn Bowman _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… Continue reading
May 28 Watch Tim O’Reilly on Lessons from Facebook and Privacy Tim O'Reilly on Lessons from Facebook and Privacy… Continue watching
May 28 Watch Tim O’Reilly on The Power of Data in Gov 2.0 Tim O'Reilly on The Power of Data in Gov 2.0… Continue watching
May 28 Gov 2.0 Expo: Tim O’Reilly Talks Transparency, Facebook and Privacy Tim O'Reilly is the founder of O'Reilly Media, but beyond that he is someone who is constantly thinking of the nexus between open and closed systems of information and how they interact. His company co-sponsored the recent… Continue reading
May 28 ’17th Century Recycling’ Made into Art By Tom LeGro 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. Continue reading
May 28 Sick Fishermen Spark Worries About Health Effects of Oil, Chemicals 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… Continue reading
May 28 Friday: Admiral Says Leak Is Stemmed; House Repeals ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ 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… Continue reading
May 28 Watch Evaluating Gulf Coast Damage from Worst Spill in U.S. History 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… Continue watching
May 28 Watch Gulf Coast Industries Reel From Ongoing Oil Crisis 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. Continue watching