May 04 Watch Calm Seas, Winds Permit Some Progress in Gulf Oil Leak Cleanup Crews made some headway in dispersing millions of gallons of leaked oil as seas and winds calmed in the Gulf of Mexico. Tom Bearden reports from Louisiana on the challenges still ahead for containing and cleaning up the spill, then… Continue watching
May 03 In Louisiana, Local Fishermen Tapped to Help Oil Spill Cleanup Effort Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown. There's a new billboard in Buras, La. A personal injury lawyer is soliciting clients injured… Continue reading
May 03 Monday: Workers Try to Contain Spill; NYPD Releases Video of Bomb Suspect Eddie Soto, working with Resolve Marine Group, carries oil containment booms Sunday to the edge of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images. President Barack Obama on Sunday called the growing oil spill in the Gulf… Continue reading
May 03 Watch Gulf Coast Oil Spill Puts Political Future of Offshore Drilling in Question As crews continue attempts to cap a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, Judy Woodruff gets two points of view on the future for offshore drilling in the U.S. from Kert Davies of Greenpeace and Sara Banaszak of… Continue watching
May 03 Watch BP Says It Will Pay for Gulf Coast Oil Spill Cleanup Energy company BP said it will pay to clean up the oil spill still spreading in the Gulf of Mexico, caused when an oil rig it leased exploded two weeks ago. Judy Woodruff gets the latest on the crisis from… Continue watching
May 02 Dispatch From Louisiana: One Bird Covered in Oil, Many Cameras Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown. Three dozen cameras, 50 reporters and one oil-soaked bird. An organization called Tri-State Bird… Continue reading
May 01 Dispatch from Louisiana: Fishermen Voice Their Frustrations on Oil Spill Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown on Saturday. The weather isn't cooperating. For several days after BP's leased oil rig… Continue reading
Apr 30 Louisiana Dispatch: Bracing for the Spill Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown. Why does it always seem to happen to Louisiana? We're in Venice, a town of about… Continue reading
Apr 30 Friday: Traces of Oil Reach Coast; Economy Grows 3.2 Percent Communities along Louisiana's coast are bracing as oil from a vast spill in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to reach land Friday. An estimated 210,000 gallons of oil per day are believed to be leaking. (Photo by Chris… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Disaster Imminent for Sensitive Gulf Coast Ecosystems, Industries As high winds and waves push oil towards the shores of several states, Jeffrey Brown talks to Robert Twilley, professor of oceanography and coastal science at Louisiana State University about efforts to mitigate the environmental damage. Continue watching