25 Years After Exxon Valdez, BP Was the Hidden Culprit

Greg Palast / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

For Exxon Mobil CEO, Fracking’s Fine, Just Not In His Backyard

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2014 The contentious practice of hydraulic fracturing -- commonly referred to as "fracking," thus offering opponents a handy resemblance to a popular expletive -- isn't something Exxon Mobil's head honcho, Rex Tillerson, has opposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Need to Punish Corporate Criminals

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2013 Halliburton's recent "punishment" after admitting that it destroyed evidence related to the 2010 BP oil spill is the very reason The Hill's Ronald Goldfarb says that the "legal fiction that corporations are entities that are distinct from the parties running them" makes for terrible public policy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Halliburton Admits Destroying Deepwater Horizon Evidence

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 The American contractor that worked for BP on the Gulf of Mexico oil rig announced Thursday that it would plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 explosion that sparked the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Latest Sanction Against BP Goes Beyond Gulf Spill

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Nov 30, 2012 When the Obama administration temporarily banned BP from federal contracts Wednesday, it pointed to BP's "lack of business integrity" and conduct relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill. The sanction, however, has been years in the making. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Public Cost of BP’s ‘Pathetic’ Fine

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 17, 2012 BP’s record settlement of $4.5 billion for damages caused by the explosion and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 is the largest criminal fine in U.S. history, but at a fifth of the company's 2011 profits, to be paid over a span of five years, it amounts to a "pathetic" slap on the wrist, says Public Citizen’s Tyler Slocum. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Pro-Life’ Lawmaker Supported Ex-Wife’s Abortions, New Karl Rove Election Theories, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 16, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the latest conspiracy theory involving President Obama and a BP oil settlement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Tried to Downplay Toll on Wildlife in Gulf

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2012 Photographs of a dead sperm whale and a cache of emails obtained by Greenpeace show how officials in the Obama administration attempted to suppress knowledge of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil blowout's impact on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Punishment BP Can’t Pay Off

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Apr 20, 2012 Two years after a series of gambles and ill-advised decisions on a BP drilling project led to the largest accidental oil spill in United States history and the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, no one has been held accountable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Tough-Oil World

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Mar 14, 2012 The world still harbors large reserves of petroleum, but they are of the hard-to-reach, hard-to-refine, “tough oil” variety that will be more costly to extract, refine and buy at the pump. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Judge Puts Deepwater Horizon Trial on Hold

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2012 U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, who will ultimately put a price tag on the worst oil spill in American history if the many lawsuits against BP go to trial, has given the oil giant and its many, many plaintiffs another week to reach a settlement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Accuses Halliburton of Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2011 Halliburton just seems to pop up wherever trouble can be found, such as the Bush White House (through Dick Cheney's chummy history with the company) and also in the ecopocalypse that was the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in April 2010. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )