Posts Tagged ‘bp’
Spill on the Hill
Co-chairman of the presidential panel that investigated the BP oil spill will explain their key conclusions at House and Senate hearings and urge Congress to strengthen oversight of offshore drilling operations.
Blood Tests Of Gulf Residents Reveal Alarming Levels Of Toxic Chemicals
Nine months have passed since the Gulf oil spill, and residents continue to see more and more negative outcomes from the tragedy. This month, the...
BP Given First Oil Exploration Permits Off Australian Coast
CANBERRA, Australia — BP has been given its first-ever oil exploration permits off the Australian coast, but the government warned Monday that the London-based energy...
The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger The National Oil Spill Commission released its report on last year's BP oil spill this week. The report laid...
UK Says No Need To Stop North Sea Drilling
LONDON — A major oil spill at a deepwater well in the North Sea would be more difficult to handle than the Gulf of Mexico...
‘The Biggest Cover-Up In The History Of America’
PORT SULPHUR, La. — Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster remains in marshes off the coast of Louisiana, where officials renewed complaints Friday about the...
The Call of the Bayou
A reporter finally grasps the pull of the teeming gulf waters.
Lisa Kaas Boyle: Did You Just Eat a Plastic Bag? How Plastic Pollution Has Entered Our Food Chain
Many of us limit our intake of tuna and swordfish due to high chemical levels in those fish, and research shows disposable plastic waste may be a potent source of this contamination.
The real cause of Deepwater’s spill? Peak oil
Complacency, systemic failure, management incompetence resulted in the BP spill, says a US government report, but the real cause lies deeper stillThe devastating report from the presidential commission on the Deepwater disaster spells out the reasons f...
Eskimo Family Beats BP
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- BP PLC has closed a small portion of the Prudhoe Bay oil field following a judge's ruling that federal regulators didn't...
WATCH: Thought It Was Over? Countless Tarballs Wash Up On Gulf Beach
BP cleanup crews returned to work Monday after a 10 day break, WKRG reports, and they seem to have their work more than cut out...
BP: Ready for a mauling | Editorial
That probably will not be the end of the bad news for BP; rather, this seems like the midpointTry this thought experiment: there is a massive oil spill off the Louisiana coastline. Almost 5m barrels of oil are spewed into the Gulf of Mexico – causing...
Video: Obama administration sues BP over Gulf of Mexico spill
US attorney general outlines BP's alleged violations of US environmental laws over Deepwater disaster
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