Oil Rig Explosion

North Dakota Oil Rig Explosion Turns Deadly

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Energy, North Dakota, North Dakota Oil Rig, Williston, Western North Dakota Oil Rig Explosion, Oil Rig Explosion, Oasis Petroleum Inc., Western North Dakota, North Dakota Oil Rig Explosion, Green News

BISMARCK, N.D. — An explosion at a newly drilled oil well in western North Dakota killed two workers and severely injured two others, officials ...

Read Whole Story

About This Year's Oil Rig Explosions...Please Wait Another 25 Years Until There is Actual Change

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Alyona Show, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Jonathan-a-Schein, BP Oil Spill 2010, Scheinmedia, Double-Hulls, Oil Pollution Act, metrogreenbusiness.com, Oil Rig Explosion, Exxon Valdez, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

Following the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last week, I was asked to appear on The Alyona Show on Russia Television to discuss whether we'v...

Read Post

Oil Rig Victims' Families Struggle With Loss

Washington Post | Lonnae O'Neal Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Rig Victims, Oil, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Disaster, Oil Rig Families, Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Rig, Oil Rig Explosion, Green News

EUNICE, LA. -- Keith Jones lingered outside the imposing doors of St. Anthony's Catholic Church debating whether to step into the memorial service ins...

Read Whole Story

Bubble of methane triggered rig blast

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Methane Bubble, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Methane, Bp, British Petroleum, Oil Rig Explosion Investigation, Oil Rig Explosion, Green News

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (Associated Press) - The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escape...

Read Whole Story

Gulf Oil Spill Rig Explosion: New Details Emerge

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Rig Explosion, Oil Rig Explosion Investigation, Bp, British Petroleum, Green News

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the we...

Read Whole Story

On Climate, Energy, Oil Rigs: First, Do No Harm

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Oil Rigs, John Kerry, Renewable Energy, Joe Lieberman, Climate Change, Lindsey Graham, Green Appliances, Oil Rig Explosion, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Wind Power, Bp, Clean Coal, Lobbyists, Gulf of Mexico, Fuel Economy, Emissions, Coal, Clean Air Act, Epa, Offsets, Nuclear Energy, Energy Industry, CAFE Standard, Coal Mines, Solar Power, Barack Obama, Green News
Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang

United States action on global warming is long overdue. But energy industry lobbyists and their Senate allies have thwarted the best efforts of three ...

Read Post

Marcus Baram

Mary Landrieu Minimized Potential For Spill And Impact Of Damage (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landrieu Offshore Drilling, Oil Rig Accident, Oil Spill, Mary Landrieu, Oil Rig Disaster, Oil Rig Explosion, Gulf Oil Spill, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

Scroll down for video Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, in which 11 workers were thrown overboard and are presumed dead, federal officia...

Read Whole Story

The Cost of Offshore Drilling: Photos You Haven't Seen

Philip Radford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Louisiana Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Oil Industry, Exxon Valdez, Whales, Oil Spill, Alternative Energy, Oil Leak, Offshore Drilling, Bp, Louisiana, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Oil, Oil Drilling, Coast Guard, Oil Rig Explosion, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill, Louisiana Oil, Green News, Climate Bill, Green News
Philip Radford

This is why the President's offshore drilling proposal needs to be taken off the table now. 2010-04-29-greenpeaceoilspill.jpg

Read Post

Marcus Baram

Gulf Oil Spill Exceeds BP's 'Worst-Case Scenario,' Drilling Supporters On Defensive

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landrieu Oil Spill, Transocean, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Oil Rig Fire, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Rig Explosion, BP Oil Spill, BP Oil Rig, Video, Green News

Scroll down for BP's exploration plan The massive gush of oil spilling from the site of the rig that exploded last week exceeds the worst-case scenar...

Read Whole Story

Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico 2010: Coast Guard Considers Lighting Oil On Fire

AP | CAIN BURDEAU AND BRETT MARTEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deepwater Horizon, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Oil Rig Explosion, Oil Spill Burned, Oil Spill Fire, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A new oil leak was discovered at the site in the Gulf of Mexico where a drilling rig exploded and sank, and experts now estimate t...

Read Whole Story

Marcus Baram

Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico 2010: Congress Demands Answers From BP, TransOcean As Feds Launch Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transocean, Menendez Oil Drilling, Bp, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Safety Regulations, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Disaster, Oil Rig Explosion, Congress Oil Drilling, Deepwater, Video, Green News

As the massive oil spill caused by the worst rig explosion in decades continues to spread across the Gulf of Mexico, more questions are being raised a...

Read Whole Story

DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unprecented Emergency, Environmental Protection Agency, Bp, Louisiana, Black Gold, Mississippi and Florida, Environment, Alabama, Environmentalism, Oil Slick, Volcano, Barack Obama, State of Emergency, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum, Oil Companies, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez, Gulf of Mexico, Energy, Safety Record, Nuclear Power, Economy, Safety, Green Energy, Contingency Planning, Oil Spill, Crude Oil, Business News, Impact, Crude Oil Prices, Oil, Oil Prices, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Exxon-Valdez-Worse, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Deepwater Horizon, Lousiana Oil Spill, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Explosion, Climate Crisis, Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Climate Change, Climate, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Birds, Longevity, Marine Life, Sustainability, Food, Sustainable Seafood, Wildlife, Accident, TransOcean Accident, Admiral Thad Allen, Transocean, Noaa, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi River, Mississippi-River-Delta, New Orleans, Halliburton, North Atlantic Ocean, East Coast, North Atlantic Current, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Stream Oil, Catastrophe, Man Made Catastrophe, Green News
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

Read Post

Louisiana Oil Rig Explosion: Deep Water Horizon Workers Still Missing

AP | KEVIN McGILL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deep Water Horizon, Oil Rig Explosion, Louisiana, Louisiana Oil Rig, Gulf Coast, Coast Guard, Deep Horizon Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard by sea and air planned to search overnight for 11 workers missing since a thunderous explosion rocked an oil drill...

Read Whole Story

Laura Bassett

Offshore Oil Rig Workers Brace for Crippling Job Losses

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Drilling Moratorium, Job Losses, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Rig Explosion, Politics News

As many as 75,000 workers in the Gulf Coast area could lose their jobs as a result of the 6-month moratorium on deepwater drilling and halt on 33 curr...

Read Whole Story

BP CEO Hayward: 'We Had Too Many People Working to Save the World'

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tony Hayward BP, Deepwater, Oil Rig, Green News, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Rig Fire, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Hayward, BP Oil Rig, Oil Rig Explosion, BP Greenwashing, Green News
Kevin Grandia

In July 2009, the CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, explained to attendees that BP was going in the wrong direction before he took over as CEO because, "we had too many people that were working to save the world."

Read Post

BP Smoking Gun? Oil Giant Skipped Critical Testing Hours Before Explosion

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Schlumberger BP, Schlumberger, Deepwater, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Rig Fire, Oil Rig Explosion, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Oil Rig, Green News

New revelations about BP's operations on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on the day of the explosion are being described as the smoking gun that proves ...

Read Whole Story

Transocean Expands PR To Manage Washington Scrutiny

The Hill | Jim Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Oil Rig, Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Oil Rig Explosion, Tom Delay, Capitol Hill COnsulting Group, Business News

An offshore drilling company tied to the massive Gulf oil spill is boosting its lobbying and public relations team as the number of congressional inqu...

Read Whole Story