Calm Seas, Winds Permit Some Progress in Gulf Oil Leak Cleanup

939 views · Published 5 May 2010 · 15:16 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2010 · News & Politics

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Crews made some headway in dispersing millions of gallons of leaked oil as seas and winds calmed in the Gulf of Mexico. Tom Bearden reports from Louisiana on the challenges still ahead for containing and cleaning up the spill, then Judy Woodruff gets two views on why the spill is so tough to contain and mitigate.

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