Jul 14 Wednesday: BP Delays Test on New Cap; Eight Americans Killed in Afghanistan By Tom LeGro Oil continued to flow into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday as the plan to start slowly shutting off valves on the new cap over the well was suddenly halted. Government officials and BP said further analysis must… Continue reading
Jul 13 Oil Spill, Day 84: The Cap Comes Down By Chris Amico BP locked down its new sealing cap -- "the 3 ram stack" -- around 7 p.m. CST last night and a new container ship connected to the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well an hour later, raising hopes that more oil --… Continue reading
Jul 12 Oil Spill Update: Anticipation Grows That New Efforts Will Stem Flow By Chris Amico Oil flowed nearly-unabated from the Deepwater Horizon's well Sunday as BP worked to replace its containment dome that had helped funnel oil to a container ship on the surface for more than a month. That new dome could let BP… Continue reading
Jul 12 Monday: BP Installing New Cap on Well; Twin Bombings Kill 64 in Uganda By Tom LeGro BP continues to install a tighter cap over its leaking oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, saying it is ahead of its schedule to get the new, better cap in place. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch BP Works to Install New Cap on Broken Oil Well The Obama administration is pushing for a revised offshore drilling moratorium as a new containment cap is installed on a leaking oil well in the Gulf. Continue watching
Jul 09 Oil Spill Takes Emotional Toll on Gulf Residents By Betty Ann Bowser Citing the "unprecedented" nature of the BP oil spill disaster, federal and state medical officials expressed concern Friday about what they see as mounting mental health issues that people in the Gulf states are facing. Public health… Continue reading
Jul 09 Oil Spill Update, Day 80: BP Readies New Top Hat By Chris Amico BP is hoping a window of calm weather will give it time to swap out containment domes over the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. According to The Washington Post: The company plans to change… Continue reading
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 07 In Louisiana, ‘Toxic Trailers’ Return to House Oil Workers A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) It was just a couple of weeks ago when I looked out the window of… Continue reading
Jul 06 Oil Spill Update: Skimming Efforts Falling Short By Chris Amico Skimming efforts haven't proven nearly as effective at removing oil from the Gulf of Mexico as BP told federal regulators just before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, the Washington Post reports: In a March report that was not questioned by… Continue reading