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The Race Against the Great Oil Spill
BP, the Coast Guard and thousands of local fisermen are trying to control the oil slick moving toward the shores of 4 Gulf-coast states. Meantime, a 4-story, 100-ton containment dome has arrived on the ocean’s surface, 5000 feet above the well that’s gushing 210,000 gallons of oil every day.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readBP, the Coast Guard and thousands of local fisermen are trying to control the oil slick moving toward the shores of 4 Gulf-coast states. Meantime, a 4-story, 100-ton containment dome has arrived on the ocean’s surface, 5000 feet above the well that’s gushing 210,000 gallons of oil every day. The numbers alone reveal the magnitude of an impending disaster.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Darrell Satzman
Producer
Jeffrey Ball
Scholar-in-residence Stanford. Writer on energy & environment in The Atlantic, FortuneMagazine, etc.
Mark Schleifstein
Times-Picayune
Ian MacDonald
Florida State University
The full episode
1 of 3The Gulf States Battle the Oil Spill and Property Owners Battle the City of LA- 0:00The Race Against the Great Oil SpillYou’re reading this
- 30:00Allegations of Abuse at the Men's Central Jail
- 50:00Council Tries Spreading Pain of Tough Times to Homeowners and Landlords