Jun 04 Watch Success of BP’s Oil Well Cap Remains Uncertain After BP installed a cap on the head of the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well, Ray Suarez talks to Greg McCormack of the Petroleum Extension Service at the University of Texas about whether this week's "cut and cap" attempt… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Obama Surveys Gulf Oil Damage Again as BP Secures Well Cap President Obama returned to the Gulf Coast to survey the environmental damage, as BP said it is making headway in capping the gushing oil well at the bottom of the ocean. Ray Suarez reports on the president's visit and the… Continue watching
Jun 03 BP Releases Animation of Cap Maneuver By Anna Shoup What exactly are you watching on those live feeds of robotic arms 5,000 feet underwater? BP just released an animation of its most recent efforts to contain the oil leak: They're attempting to connect the lower marine… Continue reading
Jun 03 Thursday: BP Cuts Pipe Before Capping Attempt; Flotilla Activists Return Home A contract worker scoops up oil that washed ashore Wednesday on a public beach in Dauphin Island, Alabama. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Updated 3:00 p.m. ET | The Interior Department says that it has not extended its moratorium… Continue reading
Jun 02 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Use of Oil Dispersants in Gulf ‘A Mistake’ By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s4026qed4',482,304,""); The Rundown caught up with ocean explorer and occasional PBS host Jean-Michel Cousteau to chat about what his team discovered on dives last week into the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. Cousteau, founder of… Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch Louisiana’s Oyster Industry Crippled by Oil Spill As part of continuing coverage of the oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, Spencer Michels reports on how one Louisiana parish is coping with the oil spill and the growing threat to its oyster industry. Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch BP Setbacks Mount as Cut and Cap Attempt Stalls in Gulf BP's latest attempt to contain the Gulf oil leak stalled Wednesday when a saw became stuck in a pipe on the damaged well. Gwen Ifill talks Jane Lubchenco, the head of NOAA, about what the setbacks mean for stopping the… Continue watching
Jun 01 Holder: Federal Criminal, Civil Probes Launched Over Oil Leak, Rig Blast By Jason Breslow Federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the massive Gulf Coast oil leak and the deadly rig explosion that caused it, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday afternoon. Holder announced the probes in New Orleans… Continue reading
Jun 01 How Economics Affects the Oil Spill Blame Game Paul Solman: The underwater gusher in the Gulf has critics pointing fingers every which way. British Petroleum is the obvious first choice, but the Obama administration is another easy target: It happened on their watch. Or you can blame the… Continue reading
May 31 Watch BP Readies New Strategy for Stopping Oil Leak Following the failure of the 'top kill' procedure, BP prepared to attempt to slice off a piece of the leaking pipe to cap the blown-out oil well in the Gulf. Margaret Warner gives an update on the ongoing environmental crisis. Continue watching