Jul 30 From Gulf Oil Well to Landfill: The Journey of a Tarball By Matthew Kielty Workers clean tarballs from a beach July 20 in Pass Christian, Miss.; Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Tarballs, the marble-like bits of oil that have been washing up on Gulf of Mexico beaches since May, have become one of… Continue reading
Jul 29 Timeline: The Oil Spill at 100 Days By Lea Winerman As the Deepwater Horizon oil leak surpasses the 100-day mark, here is a timeline of some key events from the past few months with links to NewsHour coverage (click on images for a larger view):… Continue reading
Jul 27 Coast Guard Photos of Newest Oil Leak By Travis Daub Earlier Tuesday, a barge collided with an abandoned oil well in Barataria Bay, La., just north of an area already hit by oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak. The 20-foot gusher of oil and natural gas is… Continue reading
Jul 26 BP Could Begin Final Oil Well Kill Procedure Next Week By Lea Winerman BP could begin taking the final steps to try to kill its blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as soon as next week, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday. Allen gave the most specific timeline yet for… Continue reading
Jul 25 Despite Skeptics, Feinberg Enthusiastic to Put $20B Oil Disaster Fund to Work BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. | At 7 a.m. Saturday, Kenneth Feinberg stood in front of a standing-room only crowd at the municipal building in Bayou La Batre, Ala., and told people "I am your lawyer." He didn't get… Continue reading
Jul 24 Crews Return to Kill Oil Well as Tropical Storm Bonnie Fizzles With Tropical Storm Bonnie downgraded to a tropical depression, a drilling rig and ships associated with the effort to kill the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well reversed course Saturday when the weather forecast improved. "We are going to continue… Continue reading
Jul 23 Oil Rig Alarm System Was Disabled Before Explosion, Technician Says The chief electrician aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig testified Friday that a fire and natural gas alarm system had been disabled for a year before the rig exploded and sank three months ago, setting off the largest… Continue reading
Jul 23 Scientist Studies Oil Dispersant’s Effects, Methane in the Gulf On Thursday's NewsHour, Spencer Michels reported on the ongoing controversy over the use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has sprayed nearly 2 million gallons of dispersant -- mostly a brand called Corexit -- into… Continue reading
Jul 22 Oil and Arguments in the Gulf New Orleans fishing guide Ryan Lambert (Photo: Joanne Elgart Jennings) There is a charm about New Orleans; a feeling and a culture that is unique. But in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and now the big oil spill, there… Continue reading
Jul 22 Oil Well Will Remain Capped During Possible Storm Federal authorities have decided that it will be safe to leave a sealing cap on the Gulf oil well even if all ships have to leave the area during a possible tropical storm this weekend, Coast Guard Adm. Thad… Continue reading