2:30 p.m. Updated President Obama delivered a statement on BP and
the seabed oil gusher today, decrying the «ridiculous spectacle» of the three main companies involved in the mess pointing fingers at each other in congressional hearings.
In the last few days there's 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.
11:50 p.m. Updated Representative Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts has convinced BP to start streaming live video from
the seabed oil gusher, he announced on his House Web site tonight.
Not exact matches
Now there's an
oil opera, «As the Oil Flows,» brought to you by BP via a «spillcam» after lawmakers pressed the company to send its nonstop video feeds from the seabed gusher to the publ
oil opera, «As the
Oil Flows,» brought to you by BP via a «spillcam» after lawmakers pressed the company to send its nonstop video feeds from the seabed gusher to the publ
Oil Flows,» brought to you by BP via a «spillcam» after lawmakers pressed the company to send its nonstop video feeds from the
seabed gusher to the public.
David Brancaccio, a longtime correspondent for public radio and television, has written a fascinating post on his new Economy 4.0 blog for the Marketplace radio show analyzing the economic impacts of the gulf
oil spill six months after explosions killed 11 workers and unleashed the
gusher in the
seabed.
Obama administration officials faced growing challenges over the unabated
oil gusher on the Gulf of Mexico
seabed on Tuesday as analysis of ocean currents appeared to raise the odds that Florida reefs and beaches could be tainted before the month is out.
It was always inconceivable that President Obama would consider using a nuclear explosion to cut the flow of
oil from the unrelenting
seabed gusher in the Gulf of Mexico — no matter how many other options faltered.
Much of President Obama's first White House news conference in 10 months was, not surprisingly, dominated by statements assuring Americans that the administration was on the case from the first hours after the eruption of an
oil gusher on the Gulf of Mexico
seabed.
There have been a host of notable reader reactions to the continuing
oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico
seabed, the solutions being debated and the potential for us to change our behavior in response.
President Obama, who visited a solar - cell manufacturer in California today in one of his frequent trips focused on clean energy, is scheduled to return to the Gulf Coast on Friday to weigh the damage from dirty energy — in this case, the
seabed gusher — and, hopefully, press the case for a new American relationship to
oil, and energy more generally.
In regarding the spreading slick and unabated
seabed gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, some environmental campaigners and chroniclers are starting to look with concern to the north — at impending efforts to drill for
oil in America's Arctic waters.
For the moment, BP officials are saying that the
oil they're skimming from the Gulf of Mexico and siphoning from the unabated
seabed gusher into the Discoverer Enterprise (above) belongs to the company, Times reporters tell me.