Deepwater Drilling

BP's Influence Peddling Bears Fruit In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.12.2012

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As millions of barrels of oil began pouring into the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, Democratic lawmakers began asking the question: what was the proper...

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Oil Spill Liability Laws Remain Unchanged But BP Clears Hurdle For More Gulf Drilling

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Obama administration is set to allow BP to resume exploratory drilling in the Gulf of Mexico roughly a year-and-a-half after th...

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The "Friday Syndrome" and Gulf Oil Drilling

Jackie Savitz | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Economics, Boemre, Business, Energy Policy, Big Oil, Deepwater Drilling, Environment, Breaking Politics News, BP Oil Spill, Off Shore Drilling, Off Shore Oil, Obama Oil Leases, Gulf Oil Leases, Off Shore Oil Leases, Green News

In case you were lucky enough to have already left for the weekend, take note: the Obama administration will sell more leases for offshore oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in spite of the risk of another major spill.

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Department Of Justice Investigates BP For Faulty Oil Spill Estimates

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Coast Guard, Justice Department, Gulf Oil Spill, Eric Holder, BP Lawsuit, Oil Industry, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Deepwater Drilling, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Environment, Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Video, Green News

On April 25, 2010, BP assured the Gulf Coast that a disaster wasn't unfolding. Five days earlier, the Deepwater Horizon, a BP-leased rig in the Gul...

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GOP Senator Lifts Hold On Obama Nominee After Deepwater Drilling Fight

AP | Posted 08.01.2011

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NEW ORLEANS (AP/The Huffington Post) -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter says he will release his hold on Dan Ashe, the president's nominee to head the U.S. Fis...

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Fire on the Horizon

John Konrad | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Oil Drilling, Transocean Horizon, Deepwater Drilling, Oil, Deepwater Horizon, Transocean, Transocean/Deepwater Horizon, Green News

The investigations into the Deepwater Horizon rig's demise over the one year since that tragedy have all pointed toward the corrupting influence of the same forces I experienced first hand working for the same company.

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One Year After BP, Congress Has Yet To Change Oil Spill Liability Cap

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- One year after a disastrous months-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Congress remains mired in disagreement over how much money vict...

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Interior Secretary: 'Absolutely' No BP Deal On Deepwater Drilling

Reuters | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Bp, Macondo, U.S. Interior Secretary, Deepwater Drilling, Deepwater Horizon, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Oil Companies, Business News

MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON - The U.S. interior secretary on Monday rejected media reports that BP was striking a deal to resume deepwater drilling in ...

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Tests on BP Well Blowout Preventer Confirm Redesign a Necessity

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Bp, Det Norske Veritas, Deepwater Drilling, Bop, Blowout Preventer, Blowout, Gulf of Mexio, Transocean, Dnv, Deepwater Horizon, Green News

The US government is currently issuing permits to drill knowing full well that operators are using blowout preventers that are insufficiently designed to shut in blown out deepwater wells.

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Green News Report: March 1, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Dems call...

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U.S. Approves First Deepwater Drilling Permit In Gulf Since BP Spill

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The U.S. has approved the first deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since BP's massive oil spill. The Bureau of Ocean Ener...

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BP Asks Judge To Dismiss Oil Spill Claims

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — BP and other companies sued over the massive Gulf oil spill are asking a federal judge to dismiss many of the claims filed by business...

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Deepwater Drilling Ban Lands Interior Department In Contempt Of Court

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling after the Gulf oil spill held the In...

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Missed Opportunity: Spill Commission Rejected by Drillers

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blowout, Oil-Spill-Commission, Bp, Deepwater Drilling, Offshore Drilling Reform, Obama Administration, Green News

Because the administration made little more than a token effort to include influential industry representatives on the oil spill commission, the results are predictable. The industry will reject the report's important conclusions.

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What's in and What's out in the Oil Damaged Gulf

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Oil Pollution, Gulf of Mexico, Deepwater Gas, Deepwater Oil, Deepwater Drilling, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill Regulation, Green News

We have permitted the oil and gas industry to maintain a strangle-hold on our politicians and block clean energy solutions that will not only create new jobs but make the planet healthier for us all.

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Drilling Ban Hasn't Cost Any Jobs In The Gulf, Feds Say

AP | MATTHEW DALY and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico has not increased unemployment in the region, says a new report from the Ob...

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Big Oil Going 'To The End Of The Earth' To Meet Growing Energy Demand

AP | JOHN FLESHER and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — The world's thirst for crude is leading oil exploration companies into ever deeper waters and ventures fraught with environmental and po...

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Finding our Fossil Fuel Fix: Hydrofracking, Deepwater Drilling and Mountain Top Removal

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hydrofracking, Sustainable Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Deepwater Drilling, Green News

Hydrofracking, a method of injecting water, sand and chemicals into rock formations 8,000 feet deep in order to extract natural gas, is becoming a maj...

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Gibbs: Sen. Landrieu's Taking Hostage Of OMB Nominee 'Sad' and 'Outrageous'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs took aim at Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La) on Thursday, calling her decision to block the nomination of the nex...

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Drilling Moratorium Stays, Feds Tell Oil Spill Commission

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The top federal offshore oil drilling regulator is telling the presidential oil spill commission that the temporary halt to deepwat...

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Deepwater Drilling Ban Costs 23,000 Oil Jobs

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - The deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico costs at least 23,000 jobs, according to a federal document th...

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Appeals Court Postpones Hearing On Drilling Ban

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - A federal appeals court has postponed a hearing on an overturned six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling. The mor...

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U.S. Looking At Ending Deepwater Drilling Moratorium

AP | CHRIS KAHN, DINA CAPPIELLO and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Oil Spill, Deepwater Drilling, Deepwater Drilling Moratorium, Offshore Drilling, Offshore Drilling Ban, Barack Obama, Ken Salazar, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — Now that the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history has effectively been stopped, the White House is considering an early end to...

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Texas Sues Obama Administration Over 'Unjustified' Deepwater Drilling Moratorium

AP | SARAH PORTLOCK | Posted 05.25.2011

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HOUSTON (Associated Press) — The Texas attorney general sued the Obama administration Wednesday over its new deep-water offshore drilling morato...

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Obama Looking At Multiple Options - Including A Stay - To Keep Drilling Moratorium

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration is considering a host of options, including seeking a stay from the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, in orde...

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