Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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This gorgeous video will remind you what an ugly mess the BP oil spill made
It's been five years since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, and scientists are still looking for all that damn oil.
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The Supreme Court has no time for BP’s BS
SCOTUS denied the oil giant's request to take another look at the Deepwater Horizon settlement.
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The Gulf of Mexico’s seven-year oil spill
Whatever, BP; Taylor Energy Company was spilling oil in the Gulf of Mexico way before it went mainstream. A broken Taylor wellhead has been leaking as much as 4,000 gallons a day into the Gulf for the last seven years, according to a lawsuit filed by water conservation groups Apalachicola Riverkeeper and Waterkeepers Alliance.
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Bad guys bicker over Gulf oil spill
Apparently today is the day we talk about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? The White House released its year-in-the-making report about what needs to be done for cleanup ("more better things"), and now it looks like BP is still trying to palm off blame. They're claiming that Halliburton, which produced the cement used to […]
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Jon Huntsman’s energy plan shoots blanks
Jon Huntsman.Photo: Gage SkidmoreCross-posted from Climate Progress. Presidential candidate, former ambassador to China, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman received attention for his willingness to accept scientists’ verdict that carbon dioxide and other pollutants generated by humans are responsible for climate change. While 98 of 100 climate scientists agree that global warming is real, he […]
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Shocker: BP oil spill was BP's fault
A federal report, based on an investigation by the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement, has officially placed the blame for the BP oil spill at the feet of -- who knew? -- BP.
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BP funds push for more offshore drilling in oil-soaked Louisiana
A little more than a year after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP is funding a right-wing lobbying group that opposes regulation of offshore drilling.
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Gulf shrimping after the BP oil spill [VIDEO]
The future of fishing and shrimping in the post-BP Gulf may still be up in the air, but through the lens of one resourceful fisher we can at least confirm one thing: The food is still awesome.
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Three energy developments that are changing your life — and not in a good way
This essay was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom’s kind permission. Here’s the good news about energy: Thanks to rising oil prices and deteriorating economic conditions worldwide, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that global oil demand will not grow this year as much as once assumed, which may provide some […]