org Sarabeth Guthbergs been doing some seriously amazing work chronicling BPs evershifting spin on the amount of oil thats been gushing into the Gulf Of Mexico.
BARATARIA BAY La. AP As officials approached to survey the damage the Gulf oil spill caused in coastal marshes some brown pelicans couldnt fly away Sunday.
Welcome to the brutal world of the most important policy issue in the world that no one can stand to talk about for very long. Scientists and engineers at BP have tried unsuccessfully.
In the last few days theres been a mix of messages from government officials about whether the Obama administration has the authority to take control of the unrelenting seabed oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.
MIAMI Like countless beauticians across the country Ana La Bella has had the hair swept from the floor of her salon wrapped in plastic bags and shipped off to help contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Absolutely essential background can be obtained here. For more than a month oil has pulsed into the Gulf of Mexico at the rate that is pegged at anywhere from 5000 to 20000 barrels a day.
May 24 With the governments patience with BP wearing thin Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today vowed that the Coast Guard would take greater control of the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and ensure that. What cause for optimism concerning our next guest
Under heat that its simply not motivating enough resources to deal with the increasingly catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf the administration insisted yet again but with a bit more vehemence on Monday that its options in. But theres no doubt.
This is Day 35.
President Obamas press office long ago developed a system for dealing with crisis whether it be a flu epidemic a natural disaster or an attempt at terrorism on US soil After confirming the seriousness of the threat the presidents.
WASHINGTON In the days since President Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore oil wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver that was given to the Deepwater Horizon rig at least seven.
RT starchy: BP, working to weasel out of paying clean-up costs, meanwhile processing the oil out of the beach to sell back to us:
BPoilSpill White House says Justice Department has been looking into the BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico -
Gulf oil spill: White House orders BP to cut use of dispersant by half — Worries escalate over effect of Corexit .