A pro-Obama TV ad says that “big oil” pledged $200 million to help Mitt Romney, making him the industry’s “$200 million man.” But that’s a pretty slippery claim.... Read more»
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed criminal charges alleging that a former BP employee destroyed critical evidence in the early days of the Gulf oil spill.... Read more»
BP has reached a $7.8-billion settlement with thousands of people affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.... Read more»
There are now three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and big oil statistics. Once again an analysis funded by the oil industry of proposals to eliminate some of their large tax breaks finds that this would be bad for the oil industry and the rest of us, too.... Read more»
The chief regulator of offshore drilling tried to suggest to the Senate this week that the Obama administration has been issuing permits almost as quickly as before the BP oil disaster, but a review has shown that’s not true.... Read more»
The oil spill that was once expected to bring economic ruin to the Gulf Coast appears to have delivered something entirely different: a gusher of money. Some profiteered by charging BP outrageous rates for cleanup. Others profited from claims money, but some hurt by the spill ended up getting comparatively little.... Read more»
Oil prices are high and rising at an alarming pace. But even with their cash registers overflowing with dollars from struggling families, Big Oil is mobilizing to defeat President Obama’s proposal to invest $4 billion annually in clean energy programs by ending unnecessary tax loopholes... Read more»
After the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon well triggered the largest oil spill in United States history, BP vowed to “Make it Right” for Gulf Coast residents affected by the spill. One of the central pieces of BP’s program to make amends was to create a claims system — as required under federal law — to compensate individuals and businesses that lost money as a result of the spill.... Read more»
In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the nation’s biggest polluters and granted them sweeping exemptions from the most basic form of environmental oversight, a Center for Public Integrity investigation has found.... Read more»
Impending Republican control of the House means there will be new leaders on powerful House committees. Here’s a quick introduction — or reintroduction — to some of the lawmakers who will likely win these important chairmanships.... Read more»
Republican leaders Wednesday set their sights on repeal of the law. “It’s pretty clear that the Obama-Pelosi agenda is being rejected by the American people,” John Boehner, the speaker-in-waiting, told reporters.... Read more»
Now in control of the House of Representatives, Republicans are planning to flex their muscles quickly to try to repeal the Democratic health law — but even some GOP leaders acknowledge it is likely they can get rid of the law right away.... Read more»
During the Deepwater Horizon incident, BP showed the world that they were willing to spin the story whichever direction would make them seem concerned or made the disaster seem, well, less disastrous. Just be glad they don’t own any mine shafts in Chile.... Read more»1
For an agency so widely feared and demonized by American business, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a relative pushover. Compared to the Environmental Protection Agency, which has tough statutes such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act at its disposal, OSHA is a paper tiger.... Read more»1
BP announced on Sunday that its ruptured well in the Gulf has at last been sealed, but the long-term environmental effects of the disaster remain unclear. Earlier this month, scientists discovered a thick layer of oil on the floor of the Gulf. Oil is continuing to show up on shorelines, and large quantities have been discovered under the sand.... Read more»
Scientists conducting research in the Gulf have found a thick layer of oily sediment on the ocean floor stretching for miles.... Read more»
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