Oil spill could surge, lawmaker warns
Oil gushing from the BP well off the coast of Louisiana could surge to 60,000 barrels a day if the company's plan to cap it with a four-story metal container fails, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said Wednesday after he met with oil industry executives.
No clear plan yet to stop the leak
Oil could be gushing for at least three more months in the aftermath of last month's BP oil rig explosion.
Cheney blasted for blocking oil well safety valve
Women who have spent their lives fighting oil company pollution and profiteering denounced Dick Cheney and the company he once headed for their role in the oil spill spreading across the Gulf of Mexico.
