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 )

The Great Carbon Bubble

By Bill McKibben, TomDispatch Feb 8, 2012 If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon bubble, whose bursting someday will make the housing bubble of 2007 look like a lark.At the moment, one of the world's most prominent features is a giant carbon bubble, whose bursting someday will make the housing bubble of 2007 look like a lark. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

BP Accuses Halliburton of Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2011 Halliburton just seems to pop up wherever trouble can be found, such as the Bush White House (through Dick Cheney's chummy history with the company) and also in the ecopocalypse that was the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in April 2010. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Plans a Comeback in Gulf of Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2011 One might think that after the ecological apocalypse that British Petroleum visited upon the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding environs with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, BP might harbor a healthy sense of shame about returning to that scarred region. Yeah, no. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Disastrous Cost of Oil Addiction

BLANK May 6, 2011 "The 2010 Gulf of Mexico blowout brought more than oil to the surface," writes Carl Safina in his new book investigating the impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout.In "A Sea in Flames," Carl Safina investigates the impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Year in Bad Corporate Choices

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2010 The BBC gets the ball rolling in this article about four big companies' sub-stellar performance in 2010, and it should come as no surprise that BP figures in among that unfortunate set. But, dear readers, this list is focused on the UK and Asia -- can you think of more from this side of the globe? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oil Spill Investigators Spot Corporate ‘Culture of Complacency’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 A government commission looking into last spring's eco-pocalypse in the Gulf of Mexico has detected a certain "culture of complacency" afoot at the trio of big companies implicated in the spill. Sounds about right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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BP’s Hayward Says Oil Spill Was Personally ‘Devastating’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2010 His tenure as BP's chief executive is almost up, and outgoing CEO Tony Hayward has changed his tune about the effect that last spring's cataclysmic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had on him personally, making public statements on Wednesday that sounded (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Passes the Buck

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2010 That whole Gulf of Mexico oil spill thing? It wasn't just BP's fault -- or so says BP. The oily megacorp released an internal report Wednesday that pointed to "multiple companies and work teams" that also, in BP's humble estimation, shoulder some of the blame for the disaster. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

And Now for Another Offshore Rig Explosion

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2010 Just when we all had heard quite enough about man-made problems in the Gulf of Mexico, here comes another: On Thursday, an explosion occurred on an offshore platform called the Vermilion 380, but this time natural gas is the rig's target resource. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spike Lee on BP: Obama Shouldn’t Have Trusted Execs

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2010 It's hardly a surprise that Spike Lee would have something provocative to say about a newsy controversy, but Lee doesn't spare President Obama his criticism over Obama's handling of the BP oil spill catastrophe (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )