Recent news about the Gulf oil spill
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- 6/25: Biden, Mabus to visit Gulf coast
- 6/23: More oil gushing
- 6/22: Gulf rig owner criticizes President Obama's drilling halt
- 6/20: BP exec's yachting trip infuriates
- 6/19: Questions on who is in charge
- 6/18: BP's Hayward off spill duty, more
- 6/16: BP to create $20b escrow fund
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10/27: Documentary
PBS’s Frontline and ProPublica collaborated on an investigation into the BP oil disaster that resulted in an hour-long Oct. 26 documentary that looked into “the trail of problems — deadly accidents, disastrous spills, countless safety violations — which long troubled the oil giant, BP.” Click to learn more.
10/26: Happy to be home
Chief Petty Officer David Mooney, an engineer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, greets his family Oct. 22 at Coast Guard Base Tongue Point. Click to learn more.
10/1: Old Bay talk on Gulf
Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, left, spoke this week at the National Aquarium in Baltimore about the Gulf oil disaster and how a similar spill could affect Chesapeake Bay.
Brack to moderate Oct. 5 Gulf panel
Center for a Better South President Andy Brack will moderate a panel Oct. 5 that considers “The Future of the Gulf Coast.”
9/30: Welcome home!
Here’s another shot by photographer Amy O’Neill Houck from Sept. 21 in Cordova, Alaska, as family members waited for the Coast Guard cutter Sycamore. Click for more.
9/27: Baby-makin’ time
Alaska photographer Amy O’Neill Houck snapped this humorous photograph Sept. 21 in Cordova, Alaska, as family members waited for the Coast Guard cutter Sycamore, which was returning from duty in the Gulf of Mexico following the oil spill. Click to learn more.
9/23: Hunkering down
Chicago Zoological Society’s Animal Programs staff released five American white pelicans at Brookfield Zoo’s Formal Pool last month after they were rescued on the Louisiana coast following the Gulf oil catastrophe. Click to learn more.
7/28: Crude Awakening 2
Chicago artist Jane Fulton Alt created a conceptual photographic project called “Crude Awakening” to “speak not only about what was happening in the Gulf of Mexico but also have it relate to the issue of energy consumption and exploitation of the earth’s resources worldwide.” Click the photo or headline for more.
7/27: Crude awakening
Chicago artist Jane Fulton Alt created a conceptual photographic project called “Crude Awakening” to “speak not only about what was happening in the Gulf of Mexico but also have it relate to the issue of energy consumption and exploitation of the earth’s resources worldwide.” Click the image or headline to learn more.
7/4: Rallying
The Sierra Club planted 10,000 American flags on June 30 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to spell out “Freedom from Oil” during a rally to help our nation move beyond oil in the next 20 years. Click photo or headline for more.
6/29: 5 ideas from TED conference
At a June 28 TED conference in Washington, presenters developed a number of ideas related to the oil disaster. The Atlantic offers a look at five big ideas from the conference.