Apr 21 Deepwater Horizon Survivor Chris Choy: ‘I Can’t Go Back Onto a Rig’ By Dave Gustafson With this week marking the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and start of the Gulf oil spill, we checked back with Christopher Choy, a roustabout who survived the blast on the rig, to see how he is… Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch AP Photojournalist Documents ‘Horror Show,’ Aftermath of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert's work captured the environmental and personal toll of the Deepwater Horizen oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Herbert narrates a slide show of his images from the spill's early days and the subsequent struggle to… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Deepwater Horizon Survivor: ‘I Can’t Go Back on a Rig’ We followed up with Christopher Choy, a roustabout who survived the blast. Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Along Gulf Coast, Cautious Optimism for Future a Year After Oil Spill Began Compensation Disputes Among Lingering Impacts of Gulf Spill… Continue watching
Apr 20 Gulf Oil Spill: 1 Year and 232 Stories Later It was a year ago Wednesday that a massive oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico with an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. It took three months to seal the underwater oil gusher, and the region… Continue reading
Apr 19 On BP Gusher Anniversary, Achenbach Gauges Deepwater Drilling’s Future A disaster that began with a deadly explosion in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico became a months-long drama that captured the world's attention and drew increased scrutiny to undersea oil drilling. With Wednesday marking the first anniversary of… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch Joel Achenbach Explores Gulf Oil Spill in ‘A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea; Hari Sreenivasan talks to Washington Post reporter and author Joel Achenbach. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Louisianans Still Struggling One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill Hari Sreenivasan talks to Shauna Sanford and Charlie Whinham of LPB about the oil spill. Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch A Year After BP Oil Spill Began, No Easy Answers on Gulf Coast’s Future It's been nearly one year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf. Continue watching
Jan 06 Methane-Munching Bacteria Ate Potent Gas From Gulf Oil Leak at Top Speed By Jenny Marder Researchers collect water samples to study bacteria and methane gas. Photo by Elizabeth Crapo/NOAA As soon as oil began spewing into Gulf of Mexico waters, bacteria went to work, gobbling up mass amounts of methane. And as the oil… Continue reading