Containment Boxes News Today

Exactly who is to blame and what the total impact will be on the environment. meantime today the first globs of oil are washing ashore in alabama but most of the slick is still offshore and more oil is flowing out of the sunken well. nbcs thanh truong is on dauphin island in alabama with more. good afternoon. >> reporter: what youre seeing behind me is a large contingent of the national guard here trying to lay down these large containment boxes. in the event that any more oil sheen or any of th...

Dauphin island, the national guard laying down containment boxes. they are absorbent. what they are going to do, the purpose as oil sheen, they havent seen oil sheen come to shore yet, they are trying to protect this area of the island, which is a very, very rich breeding ground for birds and turtles as well. on the other side, pompom like devices supposed to catch tar balls. they caught them on saturday and those are tested to see where they originated from. on the other side thats where thats ...

These large containment boxes all day. theyre now taking a break but theyve been laying down these containment boxes in the event some of that oil sheen washes up here. there is eventually going to be if that does happen some absorbant chemicals being placed in these boxes that will soak up any of the oil here, this after they found tar balls over the weekend. theyre still testing those to see the origins of those. right now bp is spending, so far, about $350 million. that equals about $16 milli...

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