Oil spill workers report illness, possible long term effects
Cleanup workers are getting sick and health professionals are warning about the long term effects on everyone, including the general population.
Outrage mounts over Judge Feldman's conflict of interest
Calls for the impeachment of Federal Judge Martin Feldman are growing louder as outrage mounts over his June 22 decision to overturn President Obama's moratorium on deep-ocean oil well drilling.
Why Exxon Mobil is more dangerous than BP
Exxon Mobil Corp. stands out among the nation's oil giants in one big way: it is spending millions of dollars to fund an enormous network of extreme right-wing groups.
Sorry, Mr. Hayward, Joe Barton stole limelight from your dismal performance
The firestorm over Barton's defense of BP drew attention away from the dismal performance by BP's CEO Tony Hayward at the Congressional hearing yesterday.
GOP reeling from Barton’s “shakedown”
WASHINGTON-- Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tex, has plunged the Republican Party into turmoil with his blurted apology to the CEO of BP for what he called President Obama's "shakedown" of the oil giant, possibly changing the midterm election dynamics.
BP coughs up $20 billion, steelworkers slam "corporate greed"
BP agreed today to set up a $20 billion escrow fund to pay damage claims resulting from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
BP: “The verdict is guilty!”
BALTIMORE — “Criminal negligence. The verdict is guilty!” That was the message proclaimed by pickets walking near a local BP gas station here June 12 as British Petroleum’s gusher continued to spew 80,000 barrels of crude oil daily into the Gulf of Mexico. There is no end in sight of this nightmare.
Official admits oil gusher exceeds all prior estimates
A second “containment” vessel will increase the amount of oil being captured to as much as 28,000 barrels of oil per day.
Worries mount on oil spill health effects
As oil washes up on Florida beaches, scores of cleanup workers are falling ill.
BP admits it wasn’t prepared
President Obama heads back to the Gulf Coast Friday, as BP's CEO acknowledges the company was completely unprepared for a deepwater oil spill.
