Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the 2000 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Data online. The report "is a publicly available database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industries as well as by federal facilities." The report can be downloaded or viewed online, as well as searched...
The overwhelming scale of the spill in the gulf is taxing the available supply of protective boom. Pete Parker, an oil spill expert, patches up urgently needed used boom to continue fighting the spill.
This video takes a peek inside the daily session in which leaders of the spill cleanup in Venice, La., develop a constantly evolving approach to fighting back the oil spreading along the Gulf Coast.