Jul 13 Oil Spill, Day 84: The Cap Comes Down By Chris Amico BP locked down its new sealing cap -- "the 3 ram stack" -- around 7 p.m. CST last night and a new container ship connected to the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well an hour later, raising hopes that more oil --… Continue reading
Jul 12 Oil Spill Update: Anticipation Grows That New Efforts Will Stem Flow By Chris Amico Oil flowed nearly-unabated from the Deepwater Horizon's well Sunday as BP worked to replace its containment dome that had helped funnel oil to a container ship on the surface for more than a month. That new dome could let BP… Continue reading
Jul 12 Monday: BP Installing New Cap on Well; Twin Bombings Kill 64 in Uganda By Tom LeGro BP continues to install a tighter cap over its leaking oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, saying it is ahead of its schedule to get the new, better cap in place. Continue reading
Jul 09 Oil Spill Takes Emotional Toll on Gulf Residents By Betty Ann Bowser Citing the "unprecedented" nature of the BP oil spill disaster, federal and state medical officials expressed concern Friday about what they see as mounting mental health issues that people in the Gulf states are facing. Public health… Continue reading
Jul 09 Oil Spill Update, Day 80: BP Readies New Top Hat By Chris Amico BP is hoping a window of calm weather will give it time to swap out containment domes over the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. According to The Washington Post: The company plans to change… Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch News Wrap: Bombings Kill Dozens in Pakistan In other news Friday, suicide bombers targeted an office building in Pakistan, killing 62 people and wounding more than 110 others. Continue watching
Jul 07 In Louisiana, ‘Toxic Trailers’ Return to House Oil Workers A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) It was just a couple of weeks ago when I looked out the window of… Continue reading
Jul 06 Oil Spill Update: Skimming Efforts Falling Short By Chris Amico Skimming efforts haven't proven nearly as effective at removing oil from the Gulf of Mexico as BP told federal regulators just before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, the Washington Post reports: In a March report that was not questioned by… Continue reading
Jul 05 Reporter’s Notebook: One-on-One in Houston With BP’s Bob Dudley By Ray Suarez Ever since our hour-long, live-streaming interview with BP executive Bob Dudley last week, which featured questions from the public submitted via YouTube and Google, people have been asking me questions about how the conversation unfolded and the… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Alabama’s Oiled Beach Towns Brace for Big Tourist Season Losses As the remnants of Hurricane Alex dissipated over Mexico, a bigger influx of crude from the churning waves washed onto Gulf shores. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Alabama, where beaches and nearby businesses now sit nearly empty. Continue watching