BP and the Three Stooges Defense
Sep 11, 2014 Although US District Judge Carl Barbier found BP liable for “gross negligence” last week, some U media failed to mention that he let BP off the hook on punitive damages And that stuns me, given that the record seems to identify enough smoking guns to roast a sizable pigU District Judge Carl Barbier let BP off the hook on punitive damages last week, which stuns me, given that the record seems to identify enough smoking guns to roast a sizable pig .
‘Left, Right & Center’: NATO, BP Accountability, Politics of Joan Rivers
Sep 6, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss NATO's coalition amid a cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels; the irony that the U.S. spies "on everybody, but we didn't know about ISIS"; a judge's ruling on BP's negligence in the Deepwater Horizon disaster; and the career of comedian Joan Rivers.
BP Ruling
Sep 6, 2014
The Last Gasp of Climate Change Liberals
Sep 1, 2014 The upcoming climate change march in New York is the last gasp of conventional liberalism. The time for reform and accommodation has ended. We will build a radical movement or be extinguished in a climate inferno.
Here Come the (Commercial) Drones, America
Jun 11, 2014 The Federal Aviation Administration has given BP energy corporation permission to use drones in Alaska, marking the first time the government agency has allowed commercial drones to fly over American land.Mindy Kaling Takes Jabs at Harvard Law Students About Their Future: ‘You’ll Defend BP From Birds’
May 31, 2014 Mindy Kaling, a comedian who describes herself as someone who is "obsessed" with justice, gave a commencement speech at Harvard Law School on Wednesday that most were probably not expecting.
Ousted Drilling Chief Warns U.S. at Risk of Another Oil Spill
Apr 21, 2014 Four years after the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, the EPA has lifted a ban that excluded the company from new federal contracts. S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, who was director of the Minerals Management Service at the time and was forced out soon afterward, tells "Democracy Now!" another catastrophe is a real possibility.
Lap Dancers, the CIA, Payoffs and BP’s Deepwater Horizon
Apr 18, 2014 Four years ago this Sunday, the Deepwater Horizon blowout incinerated 11 men and poisoned 600 miles of Gulf coastline. What political fairy dust allows BP to remain virtually immune from the consequences?Four years ago today, the Deepwater Horizon blowout incinerated 11 men and poisoned 600 miles of Gulf coastline. What political fairy dust allows BP to remain virtually immune from the consequences?
Death Came by Water, Then by Oil
Mar 28, 2014 It was Good Friday, 50 years ago on March 27, 1964, when an earthquake-spurred tsunami wiped out the Chugach village in Chenega, Alaska. Twenty-five years later, as villagers celebrated the rebuilding of their home, a wave of oil from the Exxon Valdez began to move their way.Fifty years ago a tsunami wiped out the Chugach village. Twenty-five years later, as villagers celebrated the rebuilding of their home, another kind of wave headed their way.
25 Years After Exxon Valdez, BP Was the Hidden Culprit
Mar 24, 2014 Two decades ago I was the investigator for the legal team that sold you the bullshit on the crackup of the Exxon Valdez Now, on the 25th anniversary of that disaster, and four years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the Obama administration has authorized BP to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico -- and it's all set to happen again Now, on the 25th anniversary of that disaster, it's all set to happen again.
