May 17 How Much Difference Do 2,000 Barrels a Day Make for Containment Efforts? By Chris Amico With BP reporting some success in siphoning off oil leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon well, we've updated our Gulf Leak Meter to reflect a slightly slowed rate of leakage. Updated May 18, 4:30 p.m. | BP… Continue reading
May 17 Monday: BP Begins Siphoning Oil From Leak; Iran Strikes Deal to Ship Uranium BP took a significant step forward Sunday in the effort to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, connecting a mile-long tube from a ship to the damaged pipeline some 5,000 feet below water. Speaking on… Continue reading
May 17 Watch BP Makes Headway in Capturing Leaking Oil BP officials said the company is using a new siphoning strategy and capturing more than 1,000 barrels of the oil that would have otherwise leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, but scientists are voicing new worries about the leak's environmental… Continue watching
May 17 Watch NOAA’s Lubchenco: Understanding Oil Leak’s Consequences in ‘Early Stages’ Researchers working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have reported finding gigantic sub-surface plumes of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Gwen Ifill talks to Jane Lubchenco, head of the NOAA, about the the growing environmental concerns from… Continue watching
May 14 Extent of Oil Spill Remains Unclear By Lea Winerman Nearly a month after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, one question remains unanswered: Exactly how much oil is spilling into the Gulf from the unchecked leak? A 30-second video released Wednesday… Continue reading
May 14 Obama Rips Oil Industry Executives for ‘Ridiculous Spectacle’ on Capitol Hill By News Desk _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f9dqe9c',482,304,""); President Obama on Friday castigated oil industry executives for failing to take responsibility for the Gulf Coast oil spill, blasting officials for pointing fingers of blame during Congressional hearings into the accident this week. "I did not… Continue reading
May 14 Newshour Connect: Economic Impacts of the Oil Spill on the Gulf Coast By Hari Sreenivasan Beyond the environmental effects of the gulf oil spill disaster, there are several economic ones washing ashore. Along the coast of Louisiana thousands of people in the fishing and tourism industries are suffering. Louisiana Public Broadcasting will include… Continue reading
May 14 Report: Oil Spill Larger Than Thought; Pakistan Arrests N.Y. Bomb Suspect Oil spill workers connect sections of oil booms to protect marshlands in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. When the Deepwater Horizon rig sunk into the Gulf of Mexico last month, officials first estimated that it… Continue reading
May 14 Watch Obama Wants Reform on ‘Cozy Relationship’ Between Oil Companies, Regulators President Obama called for an overhaul of how the government handles oil drilling approval, as estimates of the gulf oil leak's magnitude continue to climb. Jeffrey Brown talks to U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen about the ongoing crisis… Continue watching
May 13 Thursday: BP Says Leak Fix Is Close; Obama Takes Tour to Buffalo By Jason Breslow Officials from BP said Wednesday they may be closer to stopping the underwater oil leak that has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly a month. BP officials told the New York Times that engineers have… Continue reading