http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/top-kill Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/fishing-on-the-bp-well-so_b_690485.html 2010-08-22T15:01:40Z 2010-08-22T15:01:40Z Robert L. Cavnar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/ It seems that Steve Chu, the Nobel Prizing-winning Secretary of Energy and his staff of advisors have been exercising what I consider to be questionable risk management with regard to the BP oil gusher. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/static-kill-ambient">Static Kill Ambient</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/bop">Bop</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout-preventer">Blowout Preventer</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout">Blowout</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/fishing">Fishing</a>, <a href="/tag/chu">Chu</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/after-all-this-now-theyre_b_683637.html 2010-08-16T14:12:01Z 2010-08-16T14:12:01Z Robert L. Cavnar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/ In his presser this morning, Adm. Allen announced that they are still trying to decide what to do about the relief well. Dithering seems a strong word, but I'm going to use it now. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/static-kill">Static Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/energy">Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/bottom-kill">Bottom Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/bop">Bop</a>, <a href="/tag/relief-well">Relief Well</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout-preventer">Blowout Preventer</a>, <a href="/tag/flex-joint">Flex Joint</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout">Blowout</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/29/bp-says-so-far-gulf-well-_n_594501.html 2010-05-29T16:04:19Z 2010-07-29T05:12:01Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ ROBERT, La. &mdash; The most ambitious bid yet to stop the worst oil spill in U.S. history ended in failure Saturday after BP was unable to overwhelm ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill-oil">Top Kill Oil</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill-not-working">Top Kill Not Working</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/100-days-of-the-well-from_b_661825.html 2010-07-28T08:17:20Z 2010-07-28T08:17:20Z Robert L. Cavnar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/ In the deep water, there is virtually no room for error, stupidity or bad design. Add hubris, and you get what we've been dealing with now for 100 days. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/static-kill">Static Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/energy">Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/relief-well">Relief Well</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout">Blowout</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/mississippi-canyon-block-252">Mississippi Canyon Block 252</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/27/top-kill-appears-to-have-_n_591734.html 2010-05-27T09:56:41Z 2010-07-27T05:12:02Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Reporting from Houma, La.<br /> Engineers have succeeded in stopping the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal go... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill-plugged-gulf-oil-leak-plugged">Gulf Oil Spill Plugged Gulf Oil Leak Plugged</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/operation-top-kill">Operation Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill-worked">Top Kill Worked</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/25/bp-oil-spill-video-to-sho_n_589641.html 2010-05-25T19:59:48Z 2010-07-25T05:12:02Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- BP has agreed at the request of the Obama administration to show video of the "top kill" designed to choke off the oil spill in the... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/ed-markey">Ed Markey</a>, <a href="/tag/cement">Cement</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-oil-spill">BP Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/white-house">White House</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/video-feed">Video Feed</a>, <a href="/tag/mud">Mud</a>, <a href="/tag/obama">Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/25/top-kill-oil-spill-plug-a_n_589734.html 2010-05-25T23:07:31Z 2010-07-25T05:12:02Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ COVINGTON, La. &mdash; BP is going in for the kill. The trick is to do the job quickly and cleanly.<br /> <br /> As early as dawn Wednesday, the oil company will ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-oil-spill">BP Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/tony-hayward">Tony Hayward</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/leak">Leak</a>, <a href="/tag/plug">Plug</a>, <a href="/tag/mud">Mud</a>, <a href="/tag/gusher">Gusher</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/clay">Clay</a>, <a href="/tag/what-is-top-kill">What Is Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/engineers">Engineers</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill-top-kill">Oil Spill Top Kill</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/09/gulf-oil-spill-containment_n_569529.html 2010-05-09T22:59:07Z 2010-07-09T05:12:01Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ ON THE GULF OF MEXICO &mdash; A day after icy slush clogged the massive box they hoped would contain an out-of-control oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexic... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill-containment">Gulf Oil Spill Containment</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill-cleanup">Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup</a>, <a href="/tag/deepwater-horizon">Deepwater Horizon</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-plc">BP PLC</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-radford/after-11-weeks-of-distast_b_633586.html 2010-07-02T09:25:11Z 2010-07-02T11:19:04Z Philip Radford http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-radford/ Eleven weeks ago BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded into the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers. Since the explosion thousands upon thousan... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/environment">Environment</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/climate-change">Climate Change</a>, <a href="/tag/environmental">Environmental</a>, <a href="/tag/oil">Oil</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf">Gulf</a>, <a href="/tag/obama">Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/clean-energy">Clean Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/oceans">Oceans</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/greenpeace">Greenpeace</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/fossil-fuels">Fossil Fuels</a>, <a href="/tag/photos">Photos</a>, <a href="/tag/slideshow">Slideshow</a>, <a href="/tag/energy">Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/america">America</a>, <a href="/tag/green">Green</a>, <a href="/tag/us">US</a>, <a href="/tag/green-living">Green Living</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/our-oceans">Our Oceans</a>, <a href="/tag/united-states">United States</a>, <a href="/tag/freedom">Freedom</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/green-energy">Green Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/climate-bill">Climate Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/animals">Animals</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/mid-july-kill-possible-bp_b_629029.html 2010-06-29T13:52:10Z 2010-06-29T09:26:10Z Robert L. Cavnar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/ BP released another instructional video that sort of explains what they are planning; leaving out key how's and why's and throwing in just enough oil speak so as to be distracting from the otherwise good illustration. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/energy">Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/relief-wells">Relief Wells</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/bottom-kill">Bottom Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/bop">Bop</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout-preventer">Blowout Preventer</a>, <a href="/tag/transocean-horizon">Transocean Horizon</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout">Blowout</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefanie-iris-weiss/its-time-to-get-off-the-o_b_600036.html 2010-06-07T14:36:45Z 2010-06-07T14:36:20Z Stefanie Iris Weiss http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefanie-iris-weiss/ We're absolutely, resolutely, and irrefutably addicted to oil, but not in the way that you might think. I'm talking about the ubiquitous presence of plastic in our lives every day. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/marine-life">Marine Life</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/top-hat">Top Hat</a>, <a href="/tag/oil">Oil</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/petroleum">Petroleum</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/tag/eco-sex">Eco-Sex</a>, <a href="/tag/sustainable">Sustainable</a>, <a href="/tag/offshore-drilling">Offshore Drilling</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-durst/the-brightside-of-the-bp_b_602321.html 2010-06-06T19:10:49Z 2010-06-06T19:10:49Z Will Durst http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-durst/ The recent "We're BP and we're so sorry" ad campaign that's costing millions to air in lieu of expediting financial claims is destined to rank right up there with marrying a Kardashian, for worst PR move, EVER. <br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/jet-skiis">Jet Skiis</a>, <a href="/tag/topol">Topol</a>, <a href="/tag/lemnade">Lemnade</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/oysters">Oysters</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/topographical-maps">Topographical Maps</a>, <a href="/tag/the-kardashians">The Kardashians</a>, <a href="/tag/slip-and-slide">Slip and Slide</a>, <a href="/tag/top-cat">Top Cat</a>, <a href="/tag/lost">Lost</a>, <a href="/tag/top-chef">Top Chef</a>, <a href="/tag/topo-gigio">Topo Gigio</a>, <a href="/tag/top-hat">Top Hat</a>, <a href="/tag/topamax">Topamax</a>, <a href="/tag/topkapi">Topkapi</a>, <a href="/comedy">Comedy News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/02/bp-cut-and-cap-effort-und_n_597200.html 2010-06-02T03:33:19Z 2010-06-02T03:44:12Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) -- As submersible robots made another risky attempt to control the underwater Gulf oil gusher, the crude on the surface spread... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-oil-spill">BP Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/louisiana">Louisiana</a>, <a href="/tag/cut-and-cap">Cut and Cap</a>, <a href="/tag/relief-wells">Relief Wells</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/deepwater-horizon">Deepwater Horizon</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/engineering">Engineering</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim/rethink-review-ema-crude_b_596538.html 2010-06-01T15:32:37Z 2010-06-01T15:49:12Z Jonathan Kim http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim/ With the failure of the "top kill"/"junk shot" to stop the Gulf oil eruption, an inconceivable truth that has always existed is finally starting to si... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill">Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/jonathan-kim">Jonathan Kim</a>, <a href="/tag/peak-oil">Peak Oil</a>, <a href="/tag/m-king-hubbert">M. King Hubbert</a>, <a href="/tag/cenk-uygur">Cenk Uygur</a>, <a href="/tag/the-young-turks">The Young Turks</a>, <a href="/tag/rethink-reviews">Rethink Reviews</a>, <a href="/tag/british-petroleum">British Petroleum</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/junk-shot">Junk Shot</a>, <a href="/tag/a-crude-awakening">A Crude Awakening</a>, <a href="/entertainment">Entertainment News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/01/cut-and-cap-robot-submari_n_595698.html 2010-06-01T03:46:22Z 2010-06-01T04:03:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ COVINGTON, La. &mdash; Robot submarines carried equipment and cut small pipes at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday to prepare to place a new ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/cut-and-cap">Cut-and-Cap</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/robot-submarines">Robot Submarines</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill-containment">Oil Spill Containment</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-engineering">BP Engineering</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/30/carol-browner-bp-could-in_n_595003.html 2010-05-30T21:22:57Z 2010-05-30T21:26:29Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW ORLEANS &mdash; White House energy czar Carol Browner says BP's next effort to contain the oil spewing from a damaged well in the Gulf could resul... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/carol-browner">Carol Browner</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/cut-and-remove">Cut and Remove</a>, <a href="/tag/carol-browner-energy-czar">Carol Browner Energy Czar</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-flow">Oil Flow</a>, <a href="/tag/how-much-oil">How Much Oil</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill-response">Oil Spill Response</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/30/gulf-oil-spill-top-kill-f_n_594722.html 2010-05-30T08:08:28Z 2010-05-30T08:15:28Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BOOTHVILLE, La. &mdash; There is still a hole in the Earth, crude oil is still spewing from it and there is still, excruciatingly, no end in sight. Af... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-top-kill">Bp Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill-fails">Top Kill Fails</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill-containment">Oil Spill Containment</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/top-kill-likely-a-failure_b_594427.html 2010-05-29T12:42:08Z 2010-05-29T13:05:16Z Robert L. Cavnar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/ I'm beginning to suspect that BP knows the top kill has failed, but that they are continuing to pump mud out on the ocean floor rather than admit it. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/oilspill">Oilspill</a>, <a href="/tag/bop">Bop</a>, <a href="/tag/transocean-horizon">Transocean Horizon</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill-not-working">Top Kill Not Working</a>, <a href="/tag/lmrp">Lmrp</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout-preventer">Blowout Preventer</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill-failure">Top Kill Failure</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout">Blowout</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/if-i-was-running-bps-publ_b_594285.html 2010-05-29T02:32:27Z 2010-05-29T02:32:27Z Kevin Grandia http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/ There is all sorts of tried and true PR tactics you can use during a crisis situation and one of the best is keeping the public buried in the details ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill">Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill-response">Oil Spill Response</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/environment">Environment</a>, <a href="/tag/green-news">Green News</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-oil-spill">BP Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-press-conference">Obama Press Conference</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/sustainability">Sustainability</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/british-petroleum">British Petroleum</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/from-drill-baby-drill-to_b_589065.html 2010-05-28T12:36:04Z 2010-05-28T12:36:27Z Robert L. Cavnar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-cavnar/ The damage to our environment, our economy, millions of lives, and our national confidence is done. But there are steps we can take to prevent this from happening again. Here are a few: <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/transocean-horizon">Transocean Horizon</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout-preventer">Blowout Preventer</a>, <a href="/tag/blowout">Blowout</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/mms">Mms</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/28/top-kill-hype-collides-wi_n_593371.html 2010-05-28T11:07:27Z 2010-05-28T12:10:39Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ People across America were really, really excited about the latest and greatest method that BP was using to finally stop the gush of undersea oil into the Gulf. Only as it turns out, there wasn't really any Top Kill happening! <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill-response">Oil Spill Response</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-press-conference">Obama Press Conference</a>, <a href="/tag/british-petroleum">British Petroleum</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-oil-spill">BP Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/eat-the-press">Eat the Press</a>, <a href="/media">Media News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-media-consortium/weekly-mulch-obamas-respo_b_593337.html 2010-05-28T10:50:49Z 2010-05-28T10:50:49Z The Media Consortium http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-media-consortium/ by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama is in Louisiana today, and BP is saying it will know in 48 hours if its attempt to "t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/markey">Markey</a>, <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/louisiana">Louisiana</a>, <a href="/tag/tpm">Tpm</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-of-mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/tag/diane-wilson">Diane Wilson</a>, <a href="/tag/texas">Texas</a>, <a href="/tag/obama">Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/media">Media</a>, <a href="/tag/kevin-drum">Kevin Drum</a>, <a href="/tag/care2">Care2</a>, <a href="/tag/mms">Mms</a>, <a href="/tag/coal">Coal</a>, <a href="/tag/alternet">Alternet</a>, <a href="/tag/colorlines">Colorlines</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/not-one-drop">Not One Drop</a>, <a href="/tag/mining">Mining</a>, <a href="/tag/chelsea-green">Chelsea Green</a>, <a href="/tag/oil">Oil</a>, <a href="/tag/tap">TAP</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/grist">Grist</a>, <a href="/tag/texas-observer">Texas Observer</a>, <a href="/tag/riki-ott">Riki Ott</a>, <a href="/tag/fishermen">Fishermen</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/28/bp-may-add-rubber-balls-t_n_593042.html 2010-05-28T04:32:36Z 2010-05-28T05:06:11Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BP may soon add rubber balls to the mixture of heavy man-made drilling fluids that it is pumping into its gushing oil well, reports The Times-Picayune... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-oil-spill">BP Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/bridging-agents">Bridging Agents</a>, <a href="/tag/oil-spill">Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/tennis-balls">Tennis Balls</a>, <a href="/tag/tires">Tires</a>, <a href="/tag/mud">Mud</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/clog">Clog</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/junk-shot">Junk Shot</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/27/bill-nye-explains-how-top_n_592272.html 2010-05-27T14:33:44Z 2010-05-27T14:55:14Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ There are tentative signs that BP's latest tactic, known as 'top kill,' to plug the oil leak in the Gulf may actually be working. The process involve... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/bill-nye-top-kill">Bill Nye Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-top-kill">Bp Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/bill-nye">Bill Nye</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/bill-nye-gulf-oil-spill">Bill Nye Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/27/top-kill-results-awaited_n_591522.html 2010-05-27T06:49:08Z 2010-05-27T06:51:29Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ UPDATE: CNN reports that BP has resumed its "top kill" efforts to plug the oil well.<br /> <br /> COVINGTON, La. – BP's efforts to plug its gushing oil well s... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bp">Bp</a>, <a href="/tag/bp-plc">BP PLC</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill-results">Top Kill Results</a>, <a href="/tag/deepwater-horizon">Deepwater Horizon</a>, <a href="/tag/stop-gulf-oil-spill">Stop Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/tag/top-kill">Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill-top-kill">Gulf Oil Spill Top Kill</a>, <a href="/tag/gulf-oil-spill">Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p>