The BP oil disaster has wreaked havoc on the Gulf of Mexico, but it's also having repercussions across the Atlantic. BP is one of Britain's largest companies, and pension funds invested in BP stock are taking a hit.  Ed Pilkington has been covering the story here in the U.S. for the U.K.'s Guardian and has visited the Gulf to look at the spill.

He joins us in studio to talk about the "slippery story" of the oil spill, as well as Sarah Palin's vaunted visit to the Queen of Conservatism, Margaret Thatcher, and the apology issued by new British Prime Minister--not for involvement in Iraq or Afghanistan, but for the Bloody Sunday killings 38 years ago.

In the wake of the BP oil deluge in the Gulf and the Chevron oil spill in Utah, calls for renewable energy and sustainable living have been redoubled, with even President Obama getting into the act. To see what sustainable living can actually look like, Ben Evans, Julie Dingman Evans and Mark Dixon took a road trip across the U.S. in a hybrid car with only a few rules: they created less than one shoebox of garbage each month, never turned on an incandescent light and used approximately 25 gallons of water per person per day.

Laura caught up with Ben Evans to talk about the project, called YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip. The crew are working to finish their documentary on their adventure and looking for donations, if you'd like to chip in.

The World Cup continues to hold the world's fascination, from vuvuzela jokes to headline-grabbing rivalries, and we continue to bring you reports from GlobalGirl Media, training young women to report from the scene of the games in South Africa.