BP
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BP’s oil: still causing trouble in the Gulf
BP’s vast oil spill may be out of the headlines, but its oil isn’t out of the Gulf. Reports the Associated Press: Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a scientist’s video and slides that demonstrate the oil isn’t degrading as hoped and has decimated […]
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Chevron, under pressure for destruction of Amazon, was top oil lobbyist last quarter
Chevron, responsible for a multi-billion-dollar environmental disaster in Ecuador, is instead spending millions to shore up Senate political support.
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Did we learn anything from the BP oil spill?
The National Oil Spill Commission has given marching orders on how to prevent another disaster. But will Congress listen?
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The regular person's guide to who's to blame for the BP oil spill
You've heard there's a gigantic plume of toxic muck at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico; you've seen the fouled beaches and even bought the commemorative tar ball tchotchke. But unless you're a policy wonk, you might not have known that there was a commission tasked with figuring out who should go in the stocks for it -- or that yesterday, they issued their final report. Let us walk you through the basics ...
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Big Oil pushes expanded offshore drilling without new safeguards
Big Oil continues to lust after huge profits at the expense of the health and welfare of the American people. The leader of the American Petroleum Institute rashly advocated a speedy return to expanded offshore oil drilling last week even before the BP oil spill commission issued its recommendations for additional safeguards for future offshore oil production.
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Gulf oil spill methane bloom disappears
When scientists returned to the Gulf in September, they discovered that high levels of methane had all but disappeared, consumed by bacterial blooms.
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$5-a-gallon gas can be good for the environment — if we seize the moment
John Hofmeister's prediction that gasoline prices could hit $5 per gallon represents an enormous challenge and an important opportunity.
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The 10 most popular Grist posts of 2010
From Audi ads to BP coffee spills, with locavore ball-busting and Obama-baiting in between, here are the stories you loved to debate this year.
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New House Science chair praises 'tremendous' BP spill, plans to subpoena climate scientists
Rep. Ralph Hall plans to use the House Science and Technology Committee to investigate the "false statements" of climate scientists.