Via: NewsOne Coast Guard Administration’s Thad Alen called the development a “significant step forward.” The next step is to place a containment dome over the well. Unfortunately it won’t be as snug and oil will continue to flow into the Gulf. The repair attempt hit a snag Wednesday when the diamond-head saw got stuck and placed […]
Via: Business Week After facing much criticism over the massive oil spill having no precise plan of containment, President Obama announced the appointment of a bipartisan commission to investigate the disaster. Democrat Bob Graham and Republic William Reilly were named to lead the investigation. It’s been just over a month since the oil spill disaster […]
WASHINGTON – Scientists are anxiously awaiting signals about where a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico may be heading, while containment of the looming environmental catastrophe proves elusive.
From the Washington Post: The growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is not only an environmental danger, but also a widening political headache for President Obama, who just last month agreed to open vast stretches of the U.S. coastline to oil drilling.
