Gulf Tides: Episode 3 - Wildlife in distress and dispersants - June 15, 2010. {sciences²} Live Webcast of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Panel Discussion. Oil spill break for Louisiana locals | Video. Oil Reporter pour l'iPhone, l'iPod touch et l'iPad dans l'App Store d'iTunes.
Setback by BP in containing oil | Video. Gulf oil spill - A hole in the world | Naomi Klein | Environment. Everyone gathered for the town hall meeting had been repeatedly instructed to show civility to the gentlemen from BP and the federal government. These fine folks had made time in their busy schedules to come to a high school gymnasium on a Tuesday night in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, one of many coastal communities where brown poison was slithering through the marshes, part of what has come to be described as the largest environmental disaster in US history. "Speak to others the way you would want to be spoken to," the chair of the meeting pleaded one last time before opening the floor for questions.
And for a while the crowd, mostly made up of fishing families, showed remarkable restraint. They listened patiently to Larry Thomas, a genial BP public relations flack, as he told them that he was committed to "doing better" to process their claims for lost revenue – then passed all the details off to a markedly less friendly subcontractor. "Put it in writing! " someone shouted out. Put BP Under Temporary Receivership #2 - June 18, 2010 Democracy NOW! Oil in the Gulf, two months later. Scenes from the Gulf of Mexico. Oil from Gulf of Mexico spill 'nears Florida beaches' 3 June 2010Last updated at 03:25 Louisiana is already feeling the effects of the oil spill A sheen of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill is nearing the white sand beaches of north-west Florida, officials say. The slick, containing thousands of tar balls, is only nine miles (15km) from Pensacola on the Florida "panhandle". "It's inevitable that we will see it on the beaches," said Keith Wilkins, an Escambia County official.
Meanwhile, BP's efforts to cap the leaking well got back on track as a saw that had become stuck in a thick pipe on the sea bed for hours was freed. The company is attempting to contain the spill from the well by cutting off the fractured pipe and sealing it with a cap. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said crews were shooting chemical dispersants at the oil now leaking out of the new cut. Barriers approved Forecasters suggest the oil spill may reach Florida's shores as soon as Friday. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote End QuoteBobby JindalLouisiana governor. Fault Lines - In Deep Water: A Way of Life in Peril. Danny DeBelius • An amazing graphic from USA Today. It is... Raw Video: How Bad Can the Spill Get?