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Walker Bragman: Islamophobia: Fear in Perspective

2013-04-29T12:40:42Z

We've heard it everywhere, on every station, every major news outlet, and every talk radio show: Islamophobia is alive and well in the United States.

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Susan Buchanan: Halliburton In Settlement Talks To Control Its Macondo Cement Liabilities

2013-04-27T13:50:08Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 29, 2013 edition.)

Houston-based Halliburton Co. is in talks to settle private clai...

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Susan Buchanan: Gulf Spill Trial's First Act Ends As BP Rests Its Case

2013-04-20T14:06:19Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 22, 2013 edition.)

Last week, BP called its final witnesses in the first phase of ...

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James Moore: Atlas Has Shrugged: West, Texas

2013-04-18T14:22:47Z

West, Texas might be the latest failure of our commitment to provide the resources to protect our communities and our environment but there is no shortage of similar examples. The BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, which continues to destroy sea life, was a product of lax enforcement, infrequent inspection caused by staffing shortages, and an intermingling of personnel between the regulated industry and the federal oversight agency. Generations from now the Gulf of Mexico will still be suffering and people may find it hard to understand what we allowed to happen in order to hold down our tax burden and to let industry create jobs and find energy without government meddling. How many times do we have to see these images and fail to connect cause and effect?

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The Center for Public Integrity: As critics press for action, Chemical Safety Board investigations languish

2013-04-18T10:54:21Z

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby April 17, 2013
This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, nonpartis...

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WATCH: A History Of BP's Ads Since The Gulf Spill

2013-04-16T13:39:57Z

Saturday, April 20 marks the third anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as efforts continue to clean up the region and restore wetlan...

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Susan Buchanan: BP defends its well-safety record at Gulf spill trial

2013-04-15T13:14:42Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 15, 2013 edition.)

Last week, BP executives and others testifying at U.S. District ...

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Steve Horn: Oops, Inc.: Firm With History of Cover-ups Hired to Clean up Arkansas Tar Sands Spill

2013-04-15T10:31:09Z

O'Brien's has had its hands in the botched clean-up efforts of almost every high-profile oil spill disaster in recent U.S. history, including the Exxon Valdez spill, the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, the Enbridge tar sands pipeline spill into the Kalamazoo River, and Hurricane Sandy.

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Natalie Pace: Bike Power Week, April 15-19

2013-04-15T08:51:33Z

The goal of Bike Power week is that people will get creative on how to do without gasoline for five days and in so doing, find ways to make lasting, cleaner choices in their lives.

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Former BP Official Hits Back Against 'Farcical' Claims

2013-04-11T14:28:45Z

NEW ORLEANS -- A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico says ...

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Susan Buchanan: Halliburton Rests Its Case In Gulf Spill Trial After Cement Work Testimony

2013-04-08T09:47:04Z

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 8, 2013 edition.)

At the spill trial last week, Halliburton staffer Jesse Gaglian...

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BP To Call First Witness At Gulf Spill Trial

2013-04-08T08:18:29Z

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP's first witness at a trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster testified Monday that the company safely drilled its Mac...

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Natalie Pace: Trouble for Exxon

2013-04-02T21:32:57Z

For investors worried about the impact of the spill on Exxon's share price, the truth is that there are macro market trends that could impact the price even more than the oil spill. Exxon is trading at an annual high, largely because the Dow has posted an 11 percent gain already in 2013.

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Steve Horn: State Department's Keystone XL Contractor ERM Green-Lighted BP's Explosive Caspian Pipeline

2013-03-31T17:43:02Z

Like today's KXL proposal -- which would only create 35 full-time jobs -- the false promise of thousands of jobs also served as the dominant discourse for BTC Pipeline proponents. The reality, like KXL, was more dim.

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Susan Buchanan: Transocean Denies Skimping On Deepwater Horizon Maintenance

2013-03-31T17:33:58Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 1, 2013 edition.)

At the Gulf spill trial last week, a Transocean executive and a c...

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The Center for Public Integrity: Corporations, pro-business nonprofits foot bill for judicial seminars

2013-03-28T08:44:41Z

By Chris Young, Reity O'Brien and Andrea Fuller March 28, 2013
This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a no...

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Susan Buchanan: Halliburton Stays In Spill Trial's Glare As Two Other Firms Escape Blame

2013-03-23T17:54:32Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 24, 2013 edition.)

In the fourth week of the 2010 Gulf spill trial, U.S. District J...

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Steve Horn: Keystone XL Scandal: Obama State Dept. Hid Contractor's TransCanada Ties

2013-03-22T10:45:06Z

The firm that DeSmogBlog revealed has historical ties to Big Tobacco and currently has a client list that includes Koch Industries, ConocoPhillips and BP, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Group, also has a direct connection to TransCanada itself.

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Ex-BP Engineer Accused Of Deleting Voicemails

2013-03-20T17:35:24Z

NEW ORLEANS -- A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico faces...

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Susan Buchanan: Halliburton Officers, Others Testify In 2010 Gulf Spill Trial

2013-03-16T18:53:04Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 18, 2013 edition.)

Week three of the Gulf oil spill trial under Judge Carl Barbier...

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Javier Sierra: Latina Activist Stands up to an Industry Sick With Greed

2013-03-11T18:06:21Z

The pipeline -- a project that must be first approved by President Obama -- would transport millions of barrels of a type of crude that contains 20 percent more carbon than the conventional kind. Scientists have warned that if this project were completed, it would mean game over for the planet's climate.

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Susan Buchanan: Oil Executives, Experts Testify As 2010 Spill Trial Continues

2013-03-09T18:08:09Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 11, 2013 edition.)

In the second week of a milestone spill trial at U.S. District ...

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Ex-BP Rig Supervisor Testifies At Gulf Spill Trial

2013-03-06T18:05:15Z

NEW ORLEANS -- A retired BP employee who supervised drilling operations on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico testified Wednesday that he nev...

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Susan Buchanan: New Orleans-Based Trial Assesses 2010 Gulf Spill Blame

2013-03-02T15:28:06Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 4, 2013 edition.)

A landmark environmental trial kicked off last week at United Sta...

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Dennis Trainor: Should BP Get Corporate Death Penalty?

2013-02-27T13:11:26Z

Three years after the BP oil spill, in which BP's criminal negligence took the lives of 11 workers before dumping tar and oily crude over 30,000 squar...

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