Hope on the Deepwater Horizon

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2010 There's hope on the Deepwater Horizon after a new containment cap was put into place and 6,000 barrels of oil was funneled to the surface in 24 hours. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP’s Mr. Sunshine

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 4, 2010 How is it possible that BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward hasn't been fired? At this point, how can anyone believe a word the man says? If he told me my mother loves me, I'd want a second source. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Not a Job for Angry Daddy

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Jun 3, 2010 The presidency is not a play in two acts. The disaster in the Gulf is not six characters in search of a leader. So why the coverage of President Obama and the oil spill as theater criticism? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Job for the Giant Shears

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2010 In BP's latest attempt at putting a lid on its disastrous oil spill, the embattled company pulled out a pair of giant shears Thursday to cut through a damaged pipe in preparation for -- (drum roll) a containment cap -- as a skeptical global audience looked on. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Administration Says Yes to New Oil Well in Gulf

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2010 With atrocious timing, the Minerals Management Service has approved a new oil well to be drilled off the coast of Louisiana. As decisions go, this one seems dumber than a bag of nails. Why not just build an offshore bucket? There's plenty of oil in the water these days. You can thank Team Obama, which let a ban on shallow drilling expire, for this bizarre development. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Could Be Worse

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Who Runs America’s Response to the Oil Blowout?

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2010 The conduct of Barack Obama in the BP affair, and all that preceded it, has become to this writer all but incomprehensible. I cannot imagine a more compelling portrayal of impotence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

In Memory of All That Is Lost

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 2, 2010 The anger is palpable across the Mississippi Delta. As the Deepwater Horizon oil geyser, almost a mile underwater, continues unabated, the brunt of this, the largest environmental catastrophe in United States history, is rolling onto the coast, impacting the ecology, the economy and entire ways of life. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Do Something

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Five Reasons Obama Should Take Over BP

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2010 Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich writes, "If the government can take over giant global insurer AIG and the auto giant General Motors and replace their CEOs, in order to keep them financially solvent, it should be able to put BP’s north American operations into temporary receivership in order to stop one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Adm. Cool in a Very Hot Seat

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 1, 2010 Adm. Thad Allen is an expert on thankless jobs. After the initial response to Hurricane Katrina had been botched, President Bush assigned him to clean up the mess. Now President Obama has put him in charge of handling the worst oil spill in the nation's history. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Best Chance to Stop Gulf Spill Is Months Away

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2010 It's already the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history, and the oil spill continues to dump somewhere between 504,000 and 4.2 million gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico. BP will continue to try to plug that hole, but its best chance to succeed is the drilling of relief wells, a process that won't be finished until at least August. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )