Oct 12 Watch Obama Administration Lifts Ban on Deep Water Oil Drilling A temporary ban on deep water oil drilling has been lifted. The moratorium was put in place after the BP spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Judy Woodruff talks to reporter Juliet Eilperin of the Washington Post for more. Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Adm. Allen on Oil Cleanup: ‘We’re Negotiating How Clean Is Clean’ Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the permanent sealing of BP's blown-out oil well, what has been learned to prevent or contain future disasters, and what must be done to clean up the Gulf of… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch BP Admits Errors in Gulf Oil Disaster But Spreads Blame BP issued a new internal report blaming the largest offshore oil spill in history on a series of human and mechanical failures. Judy Woodruff talks to Steven Mufson of the Washington Post about the report. Continue watching
Sep 02 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a fire at the Phillips Collection and California passes a new law on stolen art. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch News Wrap: Another Gulf Oil Rig Fire Extinguished; Workers Rescued Thirteen workers survived a Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay in Louisiana. In Pakistan, thousands of Shiite Muslims mourned the loss of 35 people who were killed in a triple-bombing in Lahore. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Oil Plume Study Raises New Questions on Spill Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution released the first conclusive evidence of an underwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffrey Brown talks to one of the study's authors, Chris Reddy, and David Farenthold of The Washington Post. Continue watching
Aug 17 Oil Well Is Almost Dead, but Legal Wrangling Just Beginning for BP In the coming years, BP will face a complex stew of litigation, fines and penalties stemming from the Gulf oil spill. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Gulf Fishermen Debate Whether to Risk Selling Seafood Again No oil has leaked from the broken Gulf well since July, and the federal government is reopening some waters for fishing. But some fishermen are split over whether to start trawling the waters again when there may be a risk… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch News Wrap: Wall Street Up for the Week Despite Bleak Jobs Report Amid the grim job numbers from the Labor Department Friday, Wall Street managed to come out of the week ahead. The Dow is up nearly 2 percent and the NASDAQ rose 1.5 percent. Also, BP is waiting for cement to… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch Gulf Residents Wonder How Long BP, Government Will Stick Around for Cleanup The government reports that most of the leaked oil is gone from Gulf waters and shorelines, but there is now growing concern and questions on how long cleanup crews will be around. Tom Bearden reports from Venice, Louisiana. Continue watching