2nd GOP Governor Seeks Exclusion From Offshore Drilling Plan

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Jan 11, 2018 Democrats from coastal states cry hypocrisy and partisanship as North Carolina's Henry McMaster moves to protect his state from the risks associated with drilling. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Anti-Progressive Trump Agenda Could Backfire

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese / Popular Resistance Jan 8, 2018 Many of the president's policies, including a foreign policy that isolates the United States, go against national consensus on critical issues. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Again With the Offshore Drilling

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2010 After clamping down and imposing a ban on offshore drilling in the wake of last spring's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday that the moratorium is over and, as he put it, "We are open for business." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Gets Cold Feet in Arctic Drilling

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2010 With all of the hullabaloo surrounding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the government's lackluster performance in responding to that crisis, U.S. regulatory agencies have waved the yellow flag in allowing new offshore drilling in the Arctic. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Gov’t Tries Again in Bid for Offshore Drilling Ban

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2010 After an earlier attempt at enforcing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling was struck down, the federal government released a revised version Monday. Given, you know, the whole Gulf of Mexico object lesson, finding a way to push this one through might be useful. 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 )

Obama: This Whole Oil Spill Situation Is Really Bad, People

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2010 OK, so he actually called it an "unparalleled disaster," but you get the idea: President Barack Obama took a moment Thursday morning to announce that the federal government had been on British Petroleum's gulf oil spill from the very start and to declare unequivocally (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Goes In for the Top Kill

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2010 The news that British Petroleum began its latest attempt to contain the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill Wednesday afternoon with the "top kill" stopgap strategy would be more heartening if it didn't come so late in the game -- and if there was more of a guarantee that it would do the job. 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 )

Clash of the Oil Titans

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2010 In the messy wake of the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster, three giants of the oil industry -- the aforementioned British Petroleum, perennial favorite Halliburton and Transocean -- were butting heads and looking to stick each other (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Capitalist Hagiography Has Little Room for Saints

Stuart Whatley / Truthdig May 5, 2010 Perhaps the most enervating element of the BP-Deepwater Horizon disaster is its eerie familiarity -- the sheer, inexorable predictability of it all. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Obama Is Sending BP the Bill

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2010 It's difficult to predict how many billions of dollars the cleanup effort in the Gulf of Mexico is going to end up costing, but President Obama, touring the devastation over the weekend, says he knows who should pay (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )