May 16 Watch Morganza Spillway Reduces Pressure on Cities' Levees; Towns Brace for Water On Saturday, the Army Corps of Engineers opened the floodgates of the Morganza Spillway on the Mississippi River to reduce pressure on the levees that protect Baton Rouge and New Orleans. A number of smaller towns are now having to… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Along Gulf Coast, Cautious Optimism for Future a Year After Oil Spill Began Compensation Disputes Among Lingering Impacts of Gulf Spill… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch 'Louisiana Water Stories' documents the culture and curses of SOLA 'SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories' looks at the region's rich culture and environmental woes. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Louisianans Still Struggling One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill Hari Sreenivasan talks to Shauna Sanford and Charlie Whinham of LPB about the oil spill. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch A Year After BP Oil Spill Began, No Easy Answers on Gulf Coast's Future It's been nearly one year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Oil and Oysters: Testing Continues in Louisiana After Gulf Disaster The Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals adopted a sophisticated two-tiered testing system to examine how safe oysters are for human consumption. Bill Rodman from Louisiana Public Broadcasting reports on their findings. Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Oil Gusher Halted At Least for Now: 'Something Went Right' For the first time since April, the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico stopped -- at least temporarily -- Thursday after BP sealed a containment cap during the start of pressure tests on the device. Joel Achenbach of… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Gulf Wildlife Protection, Rehabilitation Efforts Face Ongoing Challenges As news broke that the oil leak had been halted at least for now, work continued to help rescue the diverse wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Tom Bearden reports from the Louisiana coast. Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Scientists Turn to Microscopic Bacteria for Help With Spreading Oil As the large amounts of oil continue to foul the Gulf of Mexico, scientists have begun using microbes to help clean affected marshlands. Tom Bearden reports. 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