Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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Wonder why climate bills stall in the Senate? Follow the money
Since January Big Oil has spent $75 million lobbying Congress. Brad Pitt says he'd reconsider the "death penalty" for BP. And more...
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Gloom alert: Fossil fuels and climate change still suck
The investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion continues against a backdrop of some less-than-peppy news about our climate and energy future.
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Scientists keep raising estimates of how much oil is still in the Gulf
The big question about the BP oil disaster is no longer “Where’s the oil?âÃÂÂ
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BP's Gulf oil waste being dumped on communities of color
We now know where the oil removed from the Gulf waters went. And a disproportionate amount is being dumped in communities of color.
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Enviros and Big Oil take their battle on the road
After our summer with the Senate, it's time to move on to something with a pulse. How about dueling roadshows, Enviros vs. Big Oil?
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Feds say deepwater wells can no longer dodge environmental reviews
For decades, oil and gas companies pretty much called the shots in the Gulf of Mexico. Yesterday, the Interior Department made it clear its rubber stamp days are over.
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Can we calculate the true cost of our dependence on oil?
A BP shareholder comes clean on big oil, the true costs of an increasingly dangerous dependency, and why BP may bounce back from this disaster virtually unscathed.
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Will BP and the White House become strange bedfellows in the Gulf?
Remember that $20 billion escrow account BP is creating to cover damages in the Gulf of Mexico? It's raising hackles with environmentalists.
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Swarms of starving models stranded on oil-covered beaches
The kind of oil spill most fashion models are familiar with probably involves tanning oil. This fashion spread from Vogue Italia, however, is a little less "D&B" and a little more "BP." Take a look.