BP Spill: Ripples

The Louisiana Foodservice Expo wraps up today in New Orleans, and Louisiana officials are going to lengths to show the seafood is safe for consumption.

There has been some upbeat news from the Gulf oil spill lately -- BP says its effort to plug the blown-out well is looking good and government scientists say the spill no longer poses a threat to the Florida Keys or the East Coast. Reporter Krissy Clark talks with Bob Moon about where we stand with the spill.

Louisiana officials meet tomorrow to set the start of the fall shrimping season in the Gulf of Mexico. Not everyone is thrilled at the idea of going back to the work.

BP says it is making progress plugging the Gulf oil well, and the government is set to announce today that roughly three-quarters of the oil has already dispersed.

BP is dealing with congressional questions about the chemical dispersants used to help break up the oil in the Gulf spill.

The House of Representatives has passed a bill banning companies responsible for the deaths of over 10 workers over the last seven years from obtaining an offshore drilling license.

Now ex BP CEO Tony Hayward thinks he was made a scapegoat for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and BP's response to it.

A panel of federal judges in Boise, Idaho will decide where to try 250 BP lawsuits filed in 12 different states. And wherever that is could see a sizable economic boost.

Oil spills around the world may be the fault of individual companies, but Americans -- with their bus-less suburbs, saran wraps and highways -- are also perpetuating the country's reliance on oil.

A sticking point in Congress's energy bill is how much responsibility a company that causes an oil spill should take. John Dimsdale reports.