SPILL UPDATE: VOLUME 20

Day 79. As the Gulf continues to churn due to another storm, completion of the relief wells is ahead of schedule. Here's the latest...


1. A Whale, giant tanker-turned-skimmer, touted as answer to Gulf spill woes. [The Times-Picayune]
2. Oil containment effort facing 2 key moments. [McClatchy]
3. Texas asks BP for $25 million for Gulf spill cleanup. [Bloomberg BusinessWeek]
4. Gulf oil spill's tar balls latest trouble for Lake Pontchartrain. [The Christian Science Monitor]

5. Gulf oil spill: Scientists beg for a chance to take basic measurements. [The Huffington Post]
6. Louisiana and Scientists spar over how to stop oil. [The New York Times]
7. Gulf oil spill: Obama administration argues for drilling moratorium. [Los Angeles Times]
8. Bad weather hampers oil spill clean-up. [The Sydney Morning Herald]

9. Gulf awash in 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells. [The Huffington Post]
10. BP's next disaster: The oil giant plans to start drilling in the Arctic this fall. [Rolling Stone]
11. Ivor van Heerden, the controversial Cassandra of the Gulf. [Politics Daily]
12. Neil Young to Rock Gulf Coast. Solo tour will hit towns affected by BP oil spill. [Rolling Stone]