May 27 Watch BP Remains Optimistic ‘Top Kill’ Will Seal Oil Leak Reports that more oil than originally thought is flowing into the Gulf of Mexico were tempered by early successes in the 'top kill' procedure to stop the leak at its source. Tom Bearden continues to track the progress of the… Continue watching
May 27 Watch Gulf Spill Surpasses Exxon Valdez Spill as Worst in U.S. History President Obama called the Gulf Coast spill an "unprecedented disaster" as estimates for the leaking oil surpassed the Exxon Valdez spill, making it the worst oil eco-disaster in U.S. history. Judy Woodruff gets two points of view on the scale… Continue watching
May 26 Watch Animation of the Oil Leak Top Kill Technique By Carolyn O'Hara Deepwater Horizon Unified Command has released this animation of the top kill technique that BP will begin Wednesday. You can watch a live feed of the top kill technique here. BP released the following statement Wednesday about… Continue reading
May 26 Memo Suggests Warning Signs Were Ignored Ahead of Rig Explosion A House panel investigating the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico says that during the hours that led up to the rig explosion, there were a series of missed and ignored warning signs that… Continue reading
May 26 Wednesday: BP Prepares to Plug Leak; Clinton Calls for Response to N. Korea By Jason Breslow Bags of oil collected from the beach await pickup Tuesday at Elmer's Island, Louisiana. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. If all goes according to plan, BP on Wednesday will attempt to plug the leak that has been gushing oil into… Continue reading
May 26 Watch Crews Scramble to Protect Louisiana Wildlife from Oil Leakage As BP engineers continue attempts to stem the Gulf oil leak, Tom Bearden reports on the implications for the wildlife along Louisiana's fragile coast and the attempts to protect the ecosystem from heavier oil. Continue watching
May 26 Watch BP Moves Ahead with Tricky ‘Top Kill’ Procedure to Stop Oil Leak BP crews launched a long-awaited operation to stop spewing oil at the source by pumping heavy drilling fluids into the massive leak. . Jim Lehrer talks to Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum Extension Service at the University of Texas,… Continue watching
May 25 Gulf Coast Oil Leak: What Are Your Suggestions? By Hari Sreenivasan As the Gulf Coast oil leak continues, we want to hear your thoughts on the best way to stop the spill and also how to clean up the oil that has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading
May 25 Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak: A Month in Photos More than one month after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, oil continues to spew into the ocean from a pipe more than 5,000 feet below the surface. Meanwhile, containment and cleanup efforts continue on… Continue reading
May 25 Tuesday: BP Set to Try Capping Leak; ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Deal Struck Residents of Chalmette, Louisiana, attend a discussion Monday with parish officials and a BP representative on the oil spill clean up efforts. Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images. The Environmental Protection Agency won't call on BP to stop using chemical… Continue reading