BP Resumes Testing on Containment Cap
BP will begin testing on a new containment cap over the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico, following a delay to allow further review from government and company officials on Wednesday.According to the...
View ArticleWeather May Halt Cleanup in the Gulf
Forecasters predict storms may be headed toward the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico within the next few days -- and National Incident Commander Thad Allen says that may force BP to suspend some of...
View ArticleAs Storm Moves In, A Wait-and-See in the Gulf
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center predict a tropical storm swirling near the Bahamas on Thursday will move north and west over the next two days, and could grow stronger.That could bring the...
View ArticleOil Spill Work on Hold as Bonnie Approaches
Work to permanently choke off the oil well that had been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was at a standstill Friday after ships around the site were ordered to evacuate ahead of the approaching...
View ArticleCrews Evacuate Gulf as Storm Approaches
Cleanup crews began evacuating the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, as Tropical Storm Bonnie made its way toward the area.Early Friday morning, the National Weather Service issued tropical storm warnings for...
View ArticleOfficials Meet in Louisiana to Discuss Oil Spill
National Incident Commander Thad Allen is in Louisiana this week to discuss the gulf oil spill with local officials.Speaking during a media briefing on Wednesday, Allen said he intends to provide an...
View ArticleDid the Oil Spill Cause Less Damage than Expected?
Yesterday, a Time Magazine article suggested the damage from the Gulf oil spill may have been exaggerated, and that some of the marsh areas important to the Gulf's life cycle may have escaped disaster....
View ArticleBP's New CEO Visits Gulf Coast
Bob Dudley won't officially become the CEO of BP until October. But he's already spearheading the company's efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, after being appointed in June to replace Tony Hayward in that...
View ArticleBP to Begin 'Static Kill' This Week
BP is expected to finally attempt its so-called static kill to permanently seal the well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico this week.Before the well was capped last month, it gushed somewhere between...
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BP's Static Kill Procedure Successful, So Far
BP's static kill procedure is working--at least so far. That's the word from The Associated Press on Wednesday. Overnight, engineers were able to force heavy mud down into the ruptured well; the mud...
View ArticleGood News from BP, Uncertain Reactions from the Gulf
A federal report released yesterday says that 75 percent of the oil in the Gulf has either evaporated or been removed. However, local residents are skeptical and distrustful of the government and BP....
View ArticleBP Says Well Cementing is Complete
In an update posted to its website late Thursday, BP announced it had wrapped up its procedure to pump heavy mud into the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico. The company started the process early the...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
In a few weeks there will be more than 100,000 Americans troops in Afghanistan. In this week's Washington Report on WQXR, WNYC's Kerry Nolan talks to David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for...
View ArticleBP Stalls 'Bottom Kill' Due to Storms
The Associated Pressreports that BP has halted its final procedure to seal the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico, as forecasters predict storms heading toward the area in the next few days. Having...
View ArticleBackground of the BP Oil Spill
Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, and Tad Patzek, Professor and Chair of the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas...
View ArticleBP Claimants Must Waive Right to Sue
Kenneth Feinberg officially took over the $20 billion fund allocated for those affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil gusher. BP, the company responsible for the crisis, has already paid $368 million to...
View ArticleMore on the BP Oil Spill
BP’s well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico exposed multiple weaknesses in our preparations for a major disaster and our regulation of the companies drilling in deep waters. We will speak with Tad Patzek,...
View ArticleWeather Delays Progress in the Gulf
With waves six to eight feet high, Retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says efforts are on "weather hold," as crews prepare final operations on the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico.Speaking during...
View ArticleBanksy takes on BP
British graffiti artist and political activist Banksy has been venturing into more mixed and varied mediums lately, adding performance art and even sculpture to his distinctive repertoire. With his...
View ArticleTop of the Hour: Weak on Environmental Regulation, Morning Headlines
Were cleanup efforts and regulation adequate in the gulf before and after BP's Oil spill? It depends on who you talk to, but one thing seems clear: the debate isn't over. Just as the Justice Department...
View ArticleTN Moving Stories: Ireland Wants More Bikes, US Airlines Report Profits, and...
Does ethanol deserve a multi-billion dollar tax credit? (NPR) And: a new EPA rule from the fall allowed for more ethanol to be mixed in with gasoline, but now automakers are suing, stating that the...
View ArticleA New Year, or Same Old Sludge for the Gulf Coast?
All week long we're talking with some of our favorite guests from the past year about the year that was, and what they foresee in the year ahead.Today: a conversation about the largest accidental...
View ArticleTen Reasons Liberals Should Toast that 2010 is Finally Over
Prepare to pop your champagne corks and warm up your vocal cords to belt out the lyrics of Auld Lang Syne. New Year’s Eve is upon us. For some, it’s a time to look forward to a new chapter. For others,...
View ArticleGulf Fishing Communities a Year Later
A year after a an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig created a devastating oil spill in the region, how are fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico dealing with the disaster? The BBC's Robyn...
View ArticleVoices from the Gulf: Dean Blanchard, Seafood Distributor
Wednesday is the one-year anniversary of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. All week long on The Takeaway, we'll be speaking to residents of the Gulf region whose...
View ArticleOne Year Later: Looking at the Impact of the BP Oil Disaster in the Gulf
It's been a year since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill and many questions remain about the long-term impact that the disaster will have not just on public policy, but on the fragile...
View ArticleKenneth Feinberg on Gulf Coast Claims Process, One Year After Spill
Today marks one year since the Deepwater oil rig exploded, leaking oil into the Gulf. More than half a million people say that BP owes them money, and many of them say the compensation process is...
View ArticlePA Fracking Spill Forces Evacuations
In the same week that marked the one year anniversary of the BP’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a spill of another sort was happening hundreds of miles away in Pennsylvania.Chesapeake Energy...
View ArticleExplainer: Will High Gas Prices Hurt Obama's Re-Election Hopes?
With gas prices on the rise—over $5/gallon in some places—Republican presidential candidates hammered the Obama administration this week for over-regulating domestic energy production.In a new...
View ArticleNew Details on the Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill
Abrahm Lustgarten, reporter at ProPublica and author of Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, reflects on the errors leading up to the spill, and its ramifications a year...
View ArticleFormer BP Engineer Arrested in Connection with Gulf of Mexico Spill
More than two years after the explosion that set off the BP oil spill, federal authorities make an arrest in the case. More next, on The Takeaway.
View ArticleSubpoenaeing Science
In 2010, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution were brought in by BP to help advise. But after the US government...
View ArticleMaking Waves: Hurricane Sandy Two Years Later, the Deepwater Horizon Oil...
Atmospheric scientist and Columbia University professor Adam Sobel discusses the connection between Hurricane Sandy and climate change. Margaret Brown on her new documentary about the country's worst...
View ArticleThe Human Impact of the Worst Offshore Oil Spill in American History
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers and causing the worst offshore oil spill in American history. For four years, Margaret Brown traveled through...
View ArticleThe State of the Gulf, Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
It's been over five years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster - the largest offshore drilling oil spill in history. Although you can't spot oil on the surface of the Gulf anymore, the impact of the...
View ArticleScientists Link Dolphin Deaths to BP Oil Spill
It appears no amount of cleaning can fix the long-term effects of oil contamination in fragile coastal habitats.While officials in Santa Barbara, California continue efforts to clean up from last...
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Alec Baldwin Dives to the Gulf Floor with Antonia Juhasz
BP recently settled civil lawsuits over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to the tune of more than 18 billion dollars. But it's not the end of the story for the worst marine spill in U.S. history....
View ArticleTen Years After Deepwater Explosion, the U.S. Isn't Equipped to Handle...
Monday marked 10 years since the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. On April 20th, 2010, a drilling rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico...
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