Jun 04 Containment Cap Now Capturing Some Oil From Gulf Leak; Ticker Updated By Lea Winerman BP announced Friday morning that it had successfully lowered a containment cap over the leaking oil pipe in the Gulf of Mexico and was capturing some oil and gas. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told… Continue reading
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 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 29 BP's Suttles: 'Top Kill' Effort Fails to Stop Oil; Leak Meter Restarted By News Desk Updated May 30, 9:15 am ET In a Saturday evening press conference, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles and Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said that the "top kill" effort to stem the Gulf oil spill had failed after… Continue reading
May 29 Dock Workers in La. Wonder When the Next Shrimp Catch Will Come By Tom Bearden Friday morning we watched what is likely the last catch of shrimp from Louisiana's Barataria Bay for the foreseeable future being unloaded. That's because early Friday authorities closed down the last remaining parts of the fishing grounds that were… Continue reading
May 28 Shields and Brooks Assess President Obama's Response to Oil Leak By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s4017qebd',482,304,""); Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks stopped by the Rundown Friday before their discussion with Jim Lehrer on the NewsHour broadcast. They discussed how they view the government's and President Obama's response… Continue reading
May 28 Amount of Leaking Oil May Still Exceed Federal Estimates, Scientists Say The amount of oil that has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico for more than a month may be significantly higher than the preliminary estimate released Thursday by a federal panel, some scientists on the panel told the… Continue reading