Jul 15 Watch Oil Gusher Halted At Least for Now: ‘Something Went Right’ For the first time since April, the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico stopped -- at least temporarily -- Thursday after BP sealed a containment cap during the start of pressure tests on the device. Joel Achenbach of… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Gulf Wildlife Protection, Rehabilitation Efforts Face Ongoing Challenges As news broke that the oil leak had been halted at least for now, work continued to help rescue the diverse wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Tom Bearden reports from the Louisiana coast. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch News Wrap: BP Begins Testing New Oil Cap In other news Tuesday, BP began testing a new containment cap and the Obama administration unveiled a new strategy to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS in the U.S. Continue watching
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 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 05 Watch Heavy Surf, High Winds Affect Cleanup as Weather Continues to Strike Gulf Many ships, including the testing of a new "super skimmer ship", were prevented from cleaning the shorelines as rough conditions persisted this weekend in the Gulf of Mexico. Ray Suarez talks to Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum Extension Service… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch ‘America Speaks to BP’ Full Transcript: Bob Dudley Interview Google, YouTube and the PBS NewsHour teamed up to bring you into BP headquarters in Houston, Texas, for an exclusive interview with Bob Dudley, the executive newly in change for BP's oil disaster response. Here is the full transcript. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Despite BP Spill, Brazil Pushes Forward With Oil Drilling Boom In a report from Brazil, Margaret Warner examines how the country is pursuing deepwater oil drilling even as the Gulf of Mexico spill raises new environmental concerns about the risks involved. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Aftermath From Hurricane Alex Continues to Hamper Oil Cleanup Efforts After-effects from Hurricane Alex again kept oil cleanup crews in port, as one estimate indicated the gusher is now the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffrey Brown has an update on cleanup efforts. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Scientists Probe the Ocean Depths to Gauge Gulf Oil Spill Damage Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Florida on scientists who are going deep underwater with sensor technology to explore the damage caused by BP's gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue watching