Proof Oil Companies Own America’s Political System

Joan Meiners / ProPublica Dec 27, 2019 A new probe finds Louisiana has failed to pursue millions in remediation for spills—money environmental groups say they desperately need. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Joins Call for DOJ Probe of Exxon’s Climate Change Misinformation Campaign

By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams Oct 21, 2015 The petroleum company may have violated federal law by funding a decadeslong misinformation campaign on climate change, the Vermont senator says. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fighting Our Fossil-Nuke Extinction

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Apr 9, 2014 How petro-pollution and nuclear fallout interact remains largely unstudied, but the answers can’t be good. And it’s clearer than ever that we won’t survive without ridding our planet of both. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Death Came by Water, Then by Oil

Greg Palast / Truthdig Mar 28, 2014 It was Good Friday, 50 years ago on March 27, 1964, when an earthquake-spurred tsunami wiped out the Chugach village in Chenega, Alaska. Twenty-five years later, as villagers celebrated the rebuilding of their home, a wave of oil from the Exxon Valdez began to move their way.Fifty years ago a tsunami wiped out the Chugach village. Twenty-five years later, as villagers celebrated the rebuilding of their home, another kind of wave headed their way. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

25 Years After Exxon Valdez, BP Was the Hidden Culprit

Greg Palast / Truthdig Mar 24, 2014 Two decades ago I was the investigator for the legal team that sold you the bullshit on the crackup of the Exxon Valdez Now, on the 25th anniversary of that disaster, and four years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the Obama administration has authorized BP to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico -- and it's all set to happen again Now, on the 25th anniversary of that disaster, it's all set to happen again. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

For Exxon Mobil CEO, Fracking’s Fine, Just Not In His Backyard

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2014 The contentious practice of hydraulic fracturing -- commonly referred to as "fracking," thus offering opponents a handy resemblance to a popular expletive -- isn't something Exxon Mobil's head honcho, Rex Tillerson, has opposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chinese Muffle Oil Spill Estimates

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2010 An oil spill following a pipeline explosion in China's Yellow Sea could be much bigger than the government is admitting. The Chinese government says 1,500 tons of oil was spilled, but an American expert who visited the scene says it may actually be 50 times that figure, putting it on the order of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rape and Spillage

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 16, 2010 What's with the president's war analogy on the oil spill? It's as if some alien force, "The Invasion of the Slippery Sludge," suddenly attacked us What nonsense . 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 )

Verify, Baby, Verify!

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 12, 2010 “Drill, baby, drill!” Those were the words that Sarah Palin used to electrify the 2008 Republican National Convention. But while she popularized that environment-be-damned slogan, it had already defined the eight years of oil-drilling policy that prevailed during the presidency of George W. Bush. “Drill, baby, drill!” Those were the words that Sarah Palin used to electrify the 2008 Republican National Convention. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rough Seas Spread Oily Misery

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2010 Amid a wave of finger-pointing, rough waters in the Gulf of Mexico have quickly tripled the surface area of what could become one of the most disastrous oil spills in U.S. history, with the goo already lapping at valuable shoreline habitat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )