Jun 01 How Economics Affects the Oil Spill Blame Game Paul Solman: The underwater gusher in the Gulf has critics pointing fingers every which way. British Petroleum is the obvious first choice, but the Obama administration is another easy target: It happened on their watch. Or you can blame the… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch BP Faces Big Losses as Gulf Oil Disaster Worsens BP's stock value sunk Tuesday, following the failure of the "top kill" procedure to halt the oil leak over the weekend. Jim Lehrer talks to an energy consultant and management expert about BP's financial prospects as the crisis drags on. Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch Along Gulf Coast, BP's Latest Oil Spill Efforts Do Little to Calm Anger Spencer Michels reports from the Gulf Coast with the latest on BP's efforts to cap the gushing oil well, amid growing anger from local residents and business owners over the problems wrought by the spill. Continue watching
May 31 Watch Oil Leak Drama Draws Public Outrage, Outpouring of Ideas As the Gulf oil leak persists, more than 80 percent of Americans report they are closely following the unfolding crisis. Margaret Warner talks to science educator Bill Nye, energy expert Amy Jaffe and technology forecaster Paul Saffo for more on… Continue watching
May 31 Watch BP Readies New Strategy for Stopping Oil Leak Following the failure of the 'top kill' procedure, BP prepared to attempt to slice off a piece of the leaking pipe to cap the blown-out oil well in the Gulf. Margaret Warner gives an update on the ongoing environmental crisis. Continue watching
May 29 BP's Suttles: 'Top Kill' Effort Fails to Stop Oil; Leak Meter Restarted By News Desk Updated May 30, 9:15 am ET In a Saturday evening press conference, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles and Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said that the "top kill" effort to stem the Gulf oil spill had failed after… Continue reading
May 29 Dock Workers in La. Wonder When the Next Shrimp Catch Will Come By Tom Bearden Friday morning we watched what is likely the last catch of shrimp from Louisiana's Barataria Bay for the foreseeable future being unloaded. That's because early Friday authorities closed down the last remaining parts of the fishing grounds that were… Continue reading
May 28 Shields and Brooks Assess President Obama's Response to Oil Leak By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s4017qebd',482,304,""); Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks stopped by the Rundown Friday before their discussion with Jim Lehrer on the NewsHour broadcast. They discussed how they view the government's and President Obama's response… Continue reading
May 28 Amount of Leaking Oil May Still Exceed Federal Estimates, Scientists Say The amount of oil that has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico for more than a month may be significantly higher than the preliminary estimate released Thursday by a federal panel, some scientists on the panel told the… Continue reading
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