BP dispersant likened to ‘Agent Orange’
PressTV BP’s use of chemicals to disperse the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill has become a source of concern for the US, with lawmakers…
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Retrospective: Rockefellers Seek Change at Exxon
Clifford Kraus The New York Times HOUSTON — The Rockefeller family built one of the great American fortunes by supplying the nation with oil. Now…
New BP Data Show 20% of Gulf Spill Responders Exposed to Chemical That Sickened Valdez Workers
Elana Schor The New York Times In an under-the-radar release of new test results for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill workers, BP PLC is…
Toxicologists: Corexit “Ruptures Red Blood Cells, Causes Internal Bleeding”
Washington’s Blog As I have previously noted, Corexit is toxic, is less effective than other dispersants, and is actually worsening the damage caused by the oil spill. Now,…
Obama to Open Up 1.8 Million Alaskan Acres to Oil Drilling
Huffington Post ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Interior Department is offering oil and gas leases on 1.8 million acres of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve while…
BP Ignoring Dispersant Directives With the Coast Guard’s Consent
Kate Sheppard Mother Jones So much for the May 26 directive from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Coast Guard calling for BP to slash dispersant…
API: We Like Our Handouts!
Kate Sheppard Mother Jones The Gulf oil disaster has created some impetus in Congress to reduce the lavish subsidies granted to oil companies to incentivize…
Taxpayers Still Subsidize BILLIONS to Big Oil
As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Subsidies David Kocieniewski –New York Times When the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform set off the worst oil spill at…
Another Setback in the Gulf, Oil Spewing from Uncapped Well
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Engineers had to completely uncap the broken oil well spewing into the Gulf of Mexico…
Judge Overturns Drilling Ban To Line His Pockets
Kate Sheppard – Mother Jones A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday sided with the oil industry, striking down the temporary moratorium on new…
Gulf Oil Full of Methane, Adding New Concerns
By MATTHEW BROWN and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI AP – NEW ORLEANS — It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well…
Experts Say the Oil Gusher is ‘Unstoppable’
Julia Whitty – Mother Jones Sharon Astyk at ScienceBlogs points the way to a seriously scary comment thread at The Oil Drum, a sounding board…
An Excuse For A Socialized Economy?
Editor’s Note: The big push is on for cap-and-trade legislation to be rammed through. Brian Sussman echoes the familiar opinion that the Obama administration is…