BP and the Three Stooges Defense

Greg Palast / Truthdig Sep 11, 2014 Although US District Judge Carl Barbier found BP liable for “gross negligence” last week, some U media failed to mention that he let BP off the hook on punitive damages And that stuns me, given that the record seems to identify enough smoking guns to roast a sizable pigU District Judge Carl Barbier let BP off the hook on punitive damages last week, which stuns me, given that the record seems to identify enough smoking guns to roast a sizable pig . Dig deeper ( 5 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 )

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 )

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 )

BP Passes the Buck

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2010 That whole Gulf of Mexico oil spill thing? It wasn't just BP's fault -- or so says BP. The oily megacorp released an internal report Wednesday that pointed to "multiple companies and work teams" that also, in BP's humble estimation, shoulder some of the blame for the disaster. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alarms Were Disabled on Doomed Oil Rig

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2010 A chief engineer has testified to a federal panel investigating the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon that, despite his repeated admonishments, alarms and other safety systems aboard the offshore oil rig had been left disabled or unrepaired in the months leading up to the catastrophic April 20 blast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Oil Is Still Boss

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jun 10, 2010 A lot of pundits want President Barack Obama to turn terrible tempered in his handling of the Gulf of Mexico disaster. These critics ignore the real issue -- the death grip the oil industry has on Washington and the state capitals of oil-producing states. Dig deeper ( 4 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 )