The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 29, 2010 Tropical Storm Alex May Impact Cleanup of BP Spill -------------------------------------------------- In news from the Gulf of Mexico, authorities are closely monitoring Tropical Storm Alex, which is threatening to become the first storm of the hurricane season. The storm could delay efforts by BP to increase the amount of oil it is capturing from the massive oil leak that is spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. .