Mar 02 Oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria leaves more than 50 people missing By Hilary Uguru, Associated Press Deadly accidents caused by leaking pipelines are alarmingly common. In January, an overturned oil tanker exploded in Odukpani in Cross River state while dozens of people were scooping up the leaking fuel. Police said at least 12 people were killed… Continue reading
May 22 Photos: Capturing the slick from California’s oil spill By Ariel Min, Joshua Barajas For most of the week, hundreds of clean-up workers have collected globs of black goo and scrubbed rocks coated with the sticky substance to restore a California beach that was contaminated with oil. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 5:01 New science shows Gulf spill is still killing dolphins By PBS News Hour More than 1,000 bottlenose dolphins have died off the Gulf Coast since 2010, the year a massive Deepwater Horizon spill spewed millions of gallons of oil and chemicals. A new study by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration… Continue watching
May 20 NOAA Report: Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused biggest dolphin die-off in Gulf’s history By Nsikan Akpan A new NOAA study provides a verdict on how the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster led to a flourish of dolphin deaths along the Gulf coast. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 4:36 News Wrap: Montana oil spill causes drinking water concerns By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the town of Glendive, Montana, began trucking in bottled water after tests confirmed hazardous levels of benzene from a 50,000 gallon oil spill into the Yellowstone River. Also, five Chechens were arrested in France, though… Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch After Gulf oil spill, filmmaker returns to see what happened when the cameras had gone By PBS News Hour More than four years ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, gushing oil into the Gulf Coast for almost three months before it was capped. Despite settlements and clean-up efforts, some communities have never fully recovered. Filmmaker Margaret Brown joins… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch RAW VIDEO: Texas City oil spill blocks major shipping channel By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 11 Oil spill the size of 7 football fields discovered in North Dakota Photo by Flickr user porchlife One of the largest oil spills in North Dakota history went largely unreported until Thursday, when state officials informed the public of Tesoro Corporation's pipeline break just north of Tioga. A farmer reported… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch After Oil Spill in Arkansas, Weighing Risks of Keystone Pipeline Extension After Oil Spill in Arkansas, Weighing Risks of Keystone Pipeline Extension… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch News Wrap: Italian Political Instability Prompts Wall Street Tumble In other news Monday, Wall Street saw a late afternoon sell-off caused by worries over instability in Europe and reports that Italy may not be able to form a new government. Also, a civil trial began in New Orleans over… Continue watching