Limbaugh Dubs Oil Spill ‘Obama’s Katrina’

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2010 Ever at the ready to undermine the authority of our socialist president, the GOP's biggest and baddest yammerer, Rush Limbaugh, and some of his like-minded friends jumped on the opportunity to repurpose the Gulf Coast oil spill, rhetorically transforming the eco-corporate disaster (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Is Sending BP the Bill

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2010 It's difficult to predict how many billions of dollars the cleanup effort in the Gulf of Mexico is going to end up costing, but President Obama, touring the devastation over the weekend, says he knows who should pay (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Beach

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Oil Spill ‘Threatens Our Way of Life’

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2010 In a rhetorical move that indirectly, and probably unintentionally, compares the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to terrorism, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has said the growing slick "threatens our way of life" as it encroaches upon the state's coastline. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rough Seas Spread Oily Misery

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2010 Amid a wave of finger-pointing, rough waters in the Gulf of Mexico have quickly tripled the surface area of what could become one of the most disastrous oil spills in U.S. history, with the goo already lapping at valuable shoreline habitat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Goldman Grilled; Oil Spilled; AZ Bill

BLANK May 1, 2010 The oil well spill that's spewing 250,000 gallons of oil daily into the Gulf of Mexico is reaching shores and waterways now. Is "Drill, Baby, Drill" over now? Who will pay the political price? That same question can be asked in light of the Arizona immigration law: Who wins? Who loses? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Drill, Baby, Drill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2010 Just a month after President Obama's rightward lunge into the realm of political appeasement known as offshore drilling, the administration reinstituted a ban on new drilling as it investigates the causes of the rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Playing Chicken of the Sea

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2009 The same day that President Obama released a message of new understanding and diplomacy to the Iranian people via his vlog, two U.S. Navy vessels collided in the Strait of Hormuz off southern Iran. More than 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled and 15 sailors were slightly injured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Slashes Exxon Valdez Penalty

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2008 Nineteen years ago, the Exxon Valdez supertanker struck a reef in Alaska, causing an environmental catastrophe so devastating its impact continues to be felt. A court later slapped Exxon with $5 billion in punitive damages, but on Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled that the oil giant shouldn't have to pay more than about a tenth of that amount. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )