Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Costing the Earth

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet

BBC Radio 4 LW

Costing the Earth: Deepwater Horizon - The Real Damage

Deepwater Horizon - The Real Damage

13/04/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Deepwater Horizon - The Real Damage

Tom Heap looks at the environmental impact of Deepwater Horizon one year on.

Deepwater Horizon produced America's worst ever oil spill but was it really an environmental disaster? Tom Heap reports from Alabama.

President Obama described Deepwater Horizon as America's worst environmental disaster. If that was true why have fish numbers in the Gulf massively increased since the blow-out?

One year on from the disaster Tom Heap travels through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana in search of the true economic and environmental impact of the spill. Did the political and media reaction cause more damage to the region than the accident itself?  

He'll also be asking what effect the reaction to the disaster could have on Britain's plans for deep water drilling.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Costing the Earth

Deepwater Horizon - The Real Damage

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4