Oil Change

Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 31, 2010 Dig deeper

Experts Propose Plugging Oil Leak With BP Executives

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig May 31, 2010 "We've tried containment domes, rubber tires and even golf balls," said William Cathermeyer of the National Oil Leakage Institute, a leading consultancy in the field of oil leaks. "Now it's time to shove some BP executives down there and hope for the best." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

BP Accused of Hiring Temps for Obama Visit

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2010 A parish official in coastal Louisiana has publicly accused BP of busing in cleanup workers to be present only for President Obama's visit on Friday. BP rejects the accusation, claiming no out-of-the-ordinary temporary hiring had taken place. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Goes Gulfing

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2010 Following a news conference Thursday in which he voiced resolve and regret over the way the Gulf oil spill has been handled, President Barack Obama visited the Louisiana coast on Friday to see the environmental devastation firsthand and to survey efforts to plug the Deepwater Horizon undersea gusher. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Defending Our Natural Resources From Presidents and Profits

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 28, 2010 Barack Obama is, in many admirable ways, our most progressive president in decades. But as an environmentalist, let's face it, he's no Richard Nixon. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Michael Jordan of Bailouts

David Sirota / Truthdig May 28, 2010 Someone is going to bear the massive cost of damage to the Gulf Coast economy, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is out to make sure it isn't the oil firms whose rig caused the catastrophe in the first place. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gulf Spill Worst in U.S. History

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2010 By the most conservative estimate, BP's Gulf of Mexico disaster has already spilled nearly twice as much oil as the Exxon Valdez. The impact of the 1989 environmental and commercial catastrophe is still being felt in Alaska more than 20 years later. The gulf spill could already be five times as big as Valdez. Watch live footage of the effort to stop the undersea gusher after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EPA Weighs Sanctions Against BP

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica May 25, 2010 Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts, a move that would ultimately cost the company billions in revenue and could end its drilling in federally controlled oil fields.Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

BP Launches Video Feed of Gulf Leak

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2010 Following criticism that it is withholding data and blocking efforts of scientists to understand the scope of the gulf oil spill, the beleaguered oil company BP has agreed to post on a congressional website a live video feed of the oil gusher. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oil Rules

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 20, 2010 The more we learn about the BP oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the more we ought to question the basic assumptions that led us here. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Congressional Panel Looks Into Safety Mechanism Glitch in Oil Spill

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2010 The scale of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico might have been better contained had a safety device designed to help in situations like the one that caused the enormous mess performed properly, according to findings presented to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Claims Progress in Capping Oil Leaks

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2010 Slight progress has been made in trying to remedy the ecological and corporate nightmare that the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has become: On Wednesday, the company reported that repair workers were able to shut off one of the three leaks responsible for the catastrophic mess. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )