Universities Urged to Cut Fossil Fuel Ties

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Oct 21, 2013 Campaign groups accuse British universities of being too deeply entwined financially with the fossil fuel industry and urge them to divest within the next five years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bubble May Burst for Fossil Fuel Giants

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Oct 7, 2013 Petroleum corporations are warned they may face a damaging backlash if they try to resist mounting pressure and high profile campaigning for climate change legislation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Need to Punish Corporate Criminals

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2013 Halliburton's recent "punishment" after admitting that it destroyed evidence related to the 2010 BP oil spill is the very reason The Hill's Ronald Goldfarb says that the "legal fiction that corporations are entities that are distinct from the parties running them" makes for terrible public policy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Halliburton Admits Destroying Deepwater Horizon Evidence

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 The American contractor that worked for BP on the Gulf of Mexico oil rig announced Thursday that it would plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 explosion that sparked the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch May 23, 2013 We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group, and one for the conscious destruction of aspects of the environment. But we don’t have one for the conscious act of destroying the planet we live on. “Terracide,” from the Latin word for earth, has the right ring, given its similarity to the commonplace danger word of our era: terrorist. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Latest Sanction Against BP Goes Beyond Gulf Spill

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Nov 30, 2012 When the Obama administration temporarily banned BP from federal contracts Wednesday, it pointed to BP's "lack of business integrity" and conduct relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill. The sanction, however, has been years in the making. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Frack Fight

By Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch Nov 20, 2012 In small hamlets in upstate New York, a loose network of activists is waging a guerrilla campaign not with improvised explosive devices or rocket-propelled grenades, but with zoning ordinances and petitions. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Gusher

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The Public Cost of BP’s ‘Pathetic’ Fine

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 17, 2012 BP’s record settlement of $4.5 billion for damages caused by the explosion and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 is the largest criminal fine in U.S. history, but at a fifth of the company's 2011 profits, to be paid over a span of five years, it amounts to a "pathetic" slap on the wrist, says Public Citizen’s Tyler Slocum. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why BP Isn’t a Criminal

Robert Reich / Truthdig Nov 17, 2012 The Justice Department just entered into the largest criminal settlement in U.S. history with BP. The oil giant pleaded guilty to 14 criminal counts, including manslaughter, and agreed to pay $4 billion over the next five years. This is loony. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Pro-Life’ Lawmaker Supported Ex-Wife’s Abortions, New Karl Rove Election Theories, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 16, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the latest conspiracy theory involving President Obama and a BP oil settlement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Tried to Downplay Toll on Wildlife in Gulf

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2012 Photographs of a dead sperm whale and a cache of emails obtained by Greenpeace show how officials in the Obama administration attempted to suppress knowledge of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil blowout's impact on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )