Aug 13 Debate Over Reopening Gulf Fishing Grounds Falls Along Surprising Lines By Tom Bearden The state of Louisiana is about to reopen several state-controlled fishing grounds that were closed because of the Macondo oil well disaster. You'd think that fishermen would be thrilled with that idea. You'd be wrong. A couple of dozen… Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch What Happens to Debris From Gulf Oil Cleanup? Piles of plastic bags containing tar balls from Gulf Coast shorelines are packed up each day and millions of gallons oily water have been skimmed. But where is the debris from the Gulf oil disaster being taken? Tom Bearden reports. Continue watching
Aug 06 In Louisiana, Journalists and Cleanup Crews Bake in the Heat By Tom Bearden If you're not used to it, the heat and humidity along the Gulf Coast can be devastating. I'm not used to it, despite having made eight trips to the Gulf since April 28. I live in Colorado, where the humidity… Continue reading
Aug 05 Gulf Residents Ask: Will Promises Be Broken on the Oil Spill Response? By Tom Bearden A lot of people in south Louisiana think the rest of the country is about to abandon them. Again. On Wednesday, the U.S. government announced that most of the oil from the Macondo well blowout is already gone… Continue reading
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
Aug 04 Almost 75% of Oil in Gulf Now Accounted For, Government Says By Lea Winerman Almost three-quarters of the oil that was released into the Gulf of Mexico during the nearly three-month-long Deepwater Horizon oil leak has been vacuumed up, burned, naturally biodegraded or dispersed in the water, according to a government report released… Continue reading
Aug 04 BP’s ‘Static Kill’ Holding Back Oil Flow Nearly four months after the worst accidental oil leak in history began in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is claiming a victory in its effort to plug its blown-out oil well. BP said Wednesday that mud forced down the… Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch BP Could Be Fined Billions for Largest Oil Accident in History A federal task force of scientists released a new estimate that more than 200 million gallons of oil have spewed into the Gulf since late April -- the largest accidental oil spill in history. It could also mean BP could… Continue watching
Aug 03 BP Begins ‘Static Kill’ Attempt Updated 5:23 p.m. ET | BP senior vice president Kent Wells said at a technical briefing Tuesday afternoon that the injectivity test conducted Tuesday ahead of the static kill was a "textbook" operation. "It went exactly as we would… Continue reading
Aug 03 The Oil Spill Put in Perspective In an effort to better understand the magnitude of the gulf oil disaster, we've taken the newly published spill total and compared it against several real-world numbers. We'll be adding to this list throughout the day. If you have… Continue reading