Nothing working on the Gulf oil spill
Everything we have thrown at the spewing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico has failed and it looks like the leak could continue for weeks and even months. It has been nineteen days and there is no end in sight. As the 78 ton cofferdam sits useless on the seafloor engineers grasp for any hope of slowing the leak.
A smaller, second box is being planned with hopes it won't clog like the first one. Extremely cold temperatures and high pressure caused methane and seawater to turn to icelike crystals called hydrates which clogged the tower.
A plan is being considered to cork the leak by by stuffing shredded tires and debris into the blowout preventer, but BP officials worry it could make the leak worsen by damaging whatever parts of the blowout protector are actually working.
A relief well is being drilled to intersect the leaking well and plug it, but it could take another two months for that to be completed. In the meantime, the oil slick is growing and heading eastward threatening Florida.
Could we finally have an answer for the deaths of so many of our important bees? Colony Collapse Disorder has puzzled researchers for years as bee colonies died off across the United States.
The US Department of Agriculture has pledged $50 million to a program designed to restore seven troubled river basins from stretching from Florida to Texas.
The Exxon Mobil pipeline that runs under the waterway near Billings failed July 1 and the resulting oil spill has hurt local wildflife.
Brazil has set up a crisis center to combat increased deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, the nation's environmental minister said Wednesday
One year on, oil from the largest spill in US history clogs wetlands, pollutes the ocean and endangers wildlife.