BP's next attempt to stop oil spill
Crews on ships work on the attempted 'top kill' procedure at the source site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on May 29, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico near Venice, Louisiana. BP officials indicated on Saturday that the latest attempt to plug the source of the worst oil spill in U.S. history still hasn't been successful.
BP will try again today to stem the flow the oil that has been pouring from an undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico for six weeks. The planned operation involves cutting the well's broken riser pipe and then capping it to funnel the oil to a tanker of the surface. If successful, the containment dome could capture most of the oil, though it could make the spill worse if it fails. Is this attempt likely to work? At the same time, Attorney General Eric Holder will tour the Gulf Coast today and meet with federal prosecutors and state attorneys general, in what could lead to a criminal investigation into the spill. What laws might have been broken?
Guests:
Jim Tankersley, Energy and Environmental Policy Reporter for the L.A. Times and the Chicago Tribune
Iraj Ershagi, Director of the Petroleum Engineering program at USC
- AirTalk for June 1, 2010
- BP's next attempt to stop oil spill
- John Eastman - candidate for Attorney General
- Israeli Raid on Turkish Ships Bringing Aid to Gaza
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