week s news. woodruff: tom bearden returns to the u.s. gulf coast to see the environmental costs of the oil spill one year later. hundreds of fisherman are getting ready for the upcoming shrimping season, hoping against hope that the catch will be good fluff to allow them to stay if business next year. lehrer: robert macneil previews his upcoming series of newshour reports on autism. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. i think. we need renewable energy. .renewable energy is vital o our planet. you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. i think it s got to work on a big scale. and i think it s got to be affordable. so, where are they? it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we re investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. we ve got to get on this now. right now.oah7 moving our economy for 160
oil spill one year later. hundreds of fisherman are getting ready for the upcoming shrimping season, hoping against hope that the catch will be good fluff to allow them to stay if business next year. lehrer: robert macneil previews his upcoming series of newshour reports on autism. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. i think. we need renewable energy. .renewable energy is vital to our planet. you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. i think it s got to work on a big scale. and i think it s got to be affordable. so, where are they? it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we re investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. we ve got to get on this now. right now.oah7 moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. pacific life. the william and flora hewlett foundation, workin
upcoming shrimping season, hoping against hope that the catch will be good fluff to allow them to stay if business next year. lehrer: robert macneil previews his upcoming series of newshour reports on autism. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. i think. we need renewable energy. .renewable energy is vital to our planet. you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. i think it s got to work on a big scale. and i think it s got to be affordable. so, where are they? it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we re investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. we ve got to get on this now. right now.oah7 moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. pacific life. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. a
reporter: in lands south of new orleans, water is life. this is jimmy on the fringe. reporter: on the surface, life might seem back to normal. no slick of crude oil, no skimmer boats or emergency crews in the delicate wetlands, the disaster could have happened yesterday. this is one of the sensitive marsh islands in an area known as bay jimmy. you can see there is an inch of oil over here. if you give it a scrape, ten months later it s become coming up almost liquid. the oil is killing the marsh grass. this is what holds the islands together. when it s gone, you get wave action from the storms. feet of the islands are disappearing every month. this is all oil. this keeps getting pushed further and further with the tide movement up here to the marsh. reporter: p.j. is the
secure a key oil instalelation after rebels repelled attack from gaddafi loyalist. they ruled out any negotiations with gaddafi and the international criminal court said they will investigate gaddafi and his sons for possible crimes against humanity. we begin coverage with white house correspondent mike emanuel. reporter: as liberal forces fight the regime at strategic joint conference, at news conference with mexican president felipe calderon, president obama called out the libyan leader by name, a new approach. let me be very unambiguous about this. colonel gaddafi needs to step down from power and leave. that is good for his country and his people. the right thing to do. reporter: the president said he authorized the use of military aircraft and civilian resources to help air lift those trying to flee to tunisia and made clear he is worried about a humanitarian disaster. there may be situations where gaddafi is hunkered down in his compound, but the economy, food d