Oil Spill

Massive Oil Spill Threatens East Timor (VIDEO)

CBS News | Posted 11.06.2009 | World


CBS News: A damaged derrick in the Timor Sea pours huge quantities of oil into the water. From Real Clear World...

How Trudie Styler Is Winning Hearts and Minds at ... Chevron?

Michael Brune | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Michael Brune

As Joe Berlinger's Crude continues to rack up favorable reviews, a captivating email back-and-forth has been revealed between Trudie Styler and executives at Chevron.

HuffPost Review: Crude

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Green


Nikolas Kozloff

The wheels of justice turn slowly in Ecuador, and in a country plagued with corruption and weak institutions, including the judiciary, it's easy for the oil companies to get their way.

All Ships Near California's Coast Must Now Use Cleaner Fuel

treehugger.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


A Californian regulation mandating that all ocean-going vessels within 24 miles of the state's coast must use cleaner burning low-sulfur diesel fuel i...

Intentional Oil Spill Defendants Plead Guilty

AP | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green


BRADFORD, Pa. — A northwestern Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to intentionally releasing thousands of gallons of oil into two streams becau...

UPDATEDPalin & Chevron; Spill Disaster in the Making UPDATED

Shannyn Moore | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green


Shannyn Moore

After months of seismic activity, rumblings, and belches, why are 6 million gallons of oil still sitting at the base of the Mt. Redoubt Volcano in Alaska?

An Industry Drunken with Profits

Javier Sierra | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green


Javier Sierra

Exxon has long ago turned the page on Valdez spill twenty years ago. However, for the Alaska residents, especially the fishermen, the nightmare continues.

Three Lessons We Still Haven't Learned 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

J.S. McDougall | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green


J.S. McDougall

Take a 10 minute break today, on the anniversary of one of the most tragic--and still unresolved--environmental disasters of our modern energy age to reflect on three lessons.

Australian Oil Spill Destroys Wildlife, Raises Questions

AP | DENNIS PASSA | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green


BRISBANE, Australia — Nearly 40 miles of Australian beaches have been blackened by oil spilled from a cargo ship caught in stormy seas this week...

Russian Island Wonders "When, Not If An Oil Spill Will Happen"

AFP | Alexander Osipovich | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green


"It is a question of when, not if, an oil spill will happen on Sakhalin," said Leah Zimmerman, head of Russia programmes at Pacific Environment, a US-...

Chevron's Oil - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Alaskan Sea.

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics


Jeanne Devon (

Ask yourself why the State of Alaska is not defending your right to know how much oil Chevron has at the base of a volcano that's about to erupt.

Activists Call Offshore Drilling "Flirting With Disaster"

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.15.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Environmental advocates urged Congress on Wednesday to reinstate the broad moratorium on offshore oil drilling, but a key congressm...

Des Plaines River Oil Spill: Caterpillar Tank Spills 65,000 Gallons Of Oil Sludge Near Joliet

AP | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago


ROCKDALE, Ill. — The Environmental Protection Agency says cleaning up an oil spill along the Des Plaines river in suburban Chicago will take two...

California's Jerry Brown Sues Over 2007 San Francisco Bay Oil Spill

AP | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green


SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars to recover the clean-up cost of the mass...

South Korean Oil Spill Captain Jailed

Agence France Press | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green


A court Wednesday jailed the Indian captain and chief officer of a Hong Kong supertanker after ruling they were partly to blame for South Korea's wors...

19 Years And Waiting: Exxon Valdez Payments Delayed Again

AP | Posted 11.22.2008 | Green


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Prince William Sound commercial fishermen have waited 19 years for punitive damages against Exxon Mobil Corp. in the nation'...

Spill, Baby, Spill!

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

The scary thing is that the Republicans want more. Even after it's obvious the realities of "drill, baby, drill" are "spill, baby, spill", they still want more.

200 Penguins Die In Brazil Oil Slick

AP | MICHAEL ASTOR | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green


RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say ...

Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil: McCain's Drilling Rig Do-Over

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green


Josh Dorner

Whether it's because of the 30 or so oil industry lobbyists working on his campaign or the more than $2 million in campaign cash from Big Oil, McCain is determined to push his drill here, drill there, drill everywhere plan.

Connect the Dots: See the Real Costs of Our Oil Dependency, More Oil is Not the Answer

Riki Ott | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green


Riki Ott

Cordova, Alaska. The other night I biked over to the home of Linden and Kevin "Sam" O'Toole to watch the CNN Anderson Cooper 360º story on the Exxon ...

Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

Oil of Delay: McCain Cancels Louisiana Trip After Barge Spill

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green


Karen Dalton-Beninato

McCain had been planning to visit an offshore rig on this New Orleans junket, but it's not the image a presidential candidate wants in the middle of an environmental nightmare.

Oil Spill Shuts Mississippi River

Reuters | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green


HOUSTON (Reuters) - A collision between a chemical tanker and a fuel barge on the Mississippi River spilled over 400,000 gallons of fuel oil and promp...

When Harm Goes Unpunished: Why Congress Should Overturn the Supreme Court's Exxon Valdez Decision

Riki Ott | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green


Riki Ott

No community should have to go through what we have been through. Livelihoods have been lost, financial stress has broken families apart, and businesses supported by fishermen have crumbled.