Bill Nye “the Science Guy” explains in simple terms on FOX News how the “Top Kill” method should be able to successfully fix the oil leak in the Gulf Coast.
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“It’s absolutely a human rights crime,” says Mac McClelland of the ongoing disaster on the Gulf Coast, where oil from BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig continues to gush into the water despite multiple attempts to plug the leak. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the spill, as BP announced that it was done trying to plug the leak. All the cute code names (“top hat,” “top kill”) in the world haven’t been able to stop the crisis, which in addition to killing 11 workers in the initial explosion, has shut down huge portions of the Gulf to fishing and other industries while devastating the wildlife. McClelland, Mother Jones’s human rights reporter, has been on the ground on the Gulf Coast and sending frequent updates to her Twitter and to the magazine’s website, and she joins us via Skype to give us a view from the ground. Distributed by Tubemogul.