Busy Year Ahead For Gulf Oil Production
* Deepwater rig count to near pre-spill level this year * Local businesses strained by extended permit shortage * Gradua...
* Deepwater rig count to near pre-spill level this year * Local businesses strained by extended permit shortage * Gradua...
Richard Steiner | Posted 05.24.2012
The Exxon Valdez disaster remains a tragic lesson in what can be lost with a few bad policy decisions and a few broken promises. The spill became an enduring symbol of recklessness, hubris, arrogance, complacency and outright dishonesty.
Marilyn Heiman | Posted 04.03.2012
Arctic offshore development must be done safely and sustainably. Until the highest standards are in place, the best plan is to defer all new exploration.
Stefanie Penn Spear | Posted 03.27.2012
For a century the oil, gas and coal industries have been getting Americans' hard-earned income tax money to provide energy to this country. The natural gas industry has benefited from 30 years of taxpayer money to now be able to drill holes across the U.S. and pollute our waterways.
AP | ALAN SAYRE | Posted 02.12.2012
NEW ORLEANS — The federal government will move ahead with the first auction of offshore petroleum leases in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwat...
Philip Radford | Posted 02.07.2012
Rocky Kistner | Posted 08.30.2011
BP tweeted the Natural Resources Defense Council's report and said it shows improvements in Gulf coastal areas after being tainted with 170 million gallons of crude. Problem is, that's not what NRDC's report stated.
Philip Radford | Posted 08.06.2011
Perhaps President Obama could remind other Arctic nations that it was only after a spill that the US realized just what a farce BP's spill response plan was. If we'd all seen BP's spill plans, would anyone in their right mind have allowed them to drill?
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 07.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Democrats are crying foul after a GOP senator blocked a pay raise for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in an effort to pressure him i...
Nearly a year after a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico and created one of the largest environmental catastrophes of all time, federal lawmake...
Phil Trounstine | Posted 05.25.2011
Haley Barbour on Saturday ducked oil drilling off the California coast and a path to citizenship for immigrants living and working here illegally.
AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A bill moving toward approval in the Senate would increase by 60 days the amount of time the Interior Department has to conduct env...
Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011
Last Sunday, after I posted my most recent blog, "Climate Educators Wanted," I visited the Green page in HuffPost. My eyes lit up. Before my eyes, the...
Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
Ever had one of those weeks where the distance between what was said and what was done stretches way out into the blue yonder? In my job as director o...
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A look at how much members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee received in political contributions from oil and gas interest...
McClatchy | Erika Bolstad | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- BP's runaway deepwater well could still become a moneymaker for the company, even as it tries to stem the gush of crude oil that's fouli...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Two congressmen say that BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has identified new warning signs of p...
Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011
So that got me thinking, just how much offshore wind could be bought for the equivalent $12 billion investment? My back of the envelope calculations w...
Bill Meadows | Posted 05.25.2011
Now that the BP oil gusher in the Gulf is finally capped, it is time for America to examine and repair the broken system of drilling and fossil fuel dependence that landed us in this mess in the first place.
David Ropeik | Posted 11.17.2011
Sooner or later, the leak will stop and we'll move on. It makes sense to worry most about what threatens you now, but it's a lousy way to assess the risks we really face.
AP | By JEFFREY COLLINS | Posted 05.25.2011
ROBERT, La. (AP)-- Video released by BP shows oil spewing from a yellowish, broken pipe 5,000 feet below the surface. The oil looks like steam rushing...
AP | MATTHEW DALY and FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A long-awaited energy and climate bill to be made public on Wednesday would allow states directly affected by offshore drilling to ...
Roll Call | Bennett Roth | Posted 05.25.2011
The devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has energized environmental groups that believe they may finally gain some traction on Capitol Hill af...
Rep. John Garamendi | Posted 05.25.2011
When the consequences of offshore oil drilling are faint memories, many Americans tune out the warnings of the environmental community. But its time to look forward and take preventative measures.
Reuters | Posted 04.11.2012