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 )

What We Have Here Is a Failure to Compensate

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2011 At a time of record unemployment, American companies are increasingly exploiting the low-cost labor of 23 million Americans behind bars This means fewer jobs available for free citizens, which leads to more unemployment, which produces more crime (more). 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 )

What Oil Spill? Transocean Hands Out Bonuses for Best Safety Year Ever

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2011 Even Wall Street executives have to be smacking their heads over this one The company that ran the Deepwater Horizon oil rig (before it exploded, killing 11 and filling the Gulf of Mexico with oil) has decided to give its executives bonuses for achieving "the best year in safety performance in our company's history" There are no words . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Baby Dolphins Are Washing Up Dead Along the Gulf

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2011 Scientists at the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies are investigating unusually high numbers of stillborn and aborted dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico region. Seventeen infant dolphins have washed up on shore so far this year, compared to an average of one or two a month, says one scientist. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Sues BP, Transocean for Damages ‘Without Limitation’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 16, 2010 Attorney General Eric Holder says the government is going after nine companies involved with the Deepwater Horizon spill "for government removal costs, economic losses and environmental damages without limitation" (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Sheds Latin Oil Producer

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2010 British Petroleum is still sloughing off assets to help cover its $40 billion fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil giant just sold a majority stake in Pan American Energy for $7 billion, putting its running total of recent asset sales at $21 billion. 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 )

R.I.P. Gulf Coral Reefs

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2010 A team of scientists “on a research cruise” (what?) have discovered severe damage to coral reefs near the location of the Deepwater Horizon's blown-out wellhead. Coral, which is a barometer of the health of an ocean's ecosystem, was found to be “sloughing off tissues and producing mucus.” Gross. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Halliburton Blamed for Shoddy Construction in Gulf Oil Disaster

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2010 Three of four tests showed that the cement mixture used by Halliburton in the construction of BP's ill-fated oil well in the Gulf was unstable, but the mixture was used anyway, a presidential commission investigating the disaster has found. The only successful test, which BP did not know about, has since come under suspicion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Robots Clean Up an Oil Spill

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2010 Those nerds at MIT have come up with something really amazing (not the first time). It's a swarm of autonomous robots that talk to each other as they make their way around a spill, gobbling up the oil. Why didn't we think of that? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blame

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