May 24 Watch Coast Guard’s Allen Outlines Roles of BP, Government in Gulf Oil Cleanup As the Gulf oil leak continues, Jeffrey Brown speaks with Admiral Thad Allen, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, for the latest on the spreading contamination and what the government and BP are doing to contain and halt the leak. Continue watching
May 24 Watch Feds Pressure BP to Intensify Efforts to Stem Gulf Coast Oil Leak Obama administration officials and senators reiterated Monday that they will hold BP responsible for cleaning up the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, as heavy oil continues to seep into fragile marshland along the coast. Correspondent Tom Bearden gives… Continue watching
May 21 Live from the Ocean Floor: New Oil Leak Widget Features ‘Spillcam’ By Hari Sreenivasan BP's live video stream of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is simultaneously tragic and hypnotic. With each passing second, more gallons of crude oil and natural gas escape into the ocean. Until Thursday, BP and NOAA had… Continue reading
May 21 Government, BP to Revise Estimated Rate of Oil Leak By Lea Winerman Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace USA, inspects oil-covered reeds along the Gulf of Mexico; John Moore/Getty Images Questions continued to swirl over the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak, as BP and the Coast Guard announced Friday that… Continue reading
May 21 Live Video of Gulf Oil Leak Back Online Early Friday morning, BP published these two video streams this video stream online of the Gulf oil leak. This video requires Windows Media Player and works best in Firefox or Internet Explorer. The stream is now hosted courtesy of… Continue reading
May 21 Watch News Wrap: Oil Leak Will Continue Through Tuesday, BP Says In other news Friday, more oil coated the Louisiana coastline as BP reported a sharp decline in its oil capture rate, and a car bomb killed 23 people and wounded more than 50 in a Shiite town north of Baghdad. Continue watching
May 19 Watch BP Official: Leaking Gulf Oil Well to Be Shut ‘Hopefully Within a Week’ In a newsmaker interview, Jeffrey Brown talks to BP Managing Director Robert Dudley about the gulf oil leak, as lawmakers point blame at the company, nearly a month after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue watching
May 19 Watch U.S. in Talks with Cuba Over Containing Oil Leak The State Department engaged in rare talks with the Cuban government, amid fears that strong currents could carry the spreading oil slick eastward. Jeffrey Brown reports on the ongoing attempts to capture oil flowing from the sunken rig. Continue watching
May 18 Watch Fisheries Hit by Spreading Oil Contamination Closures in Gulf Federal officials nearly doubled the no-fishing zone in the Gulf of Mexico, as administration officials faced sharp criticism from lawmakers. Ray Suarez reports on the ongoing fallout from the gulf oil spill. Continue watching
May 17 How Much Difference Do 2,000 Barrels a Day Make for Containment Efforts? By Chris Amico With BP reporting some success in siphoning off oil leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon well, we've updated our Gulf Leak Meter to reflect a slightly slowed rate of leakage. Updated May 18, 4:30 p.m. | BP… Continue reading