A River of Misinformation on Montana Oil Spill

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2011 After roughly 42,000 gallons of oil spewed into the Yellowstone River in Montana last weekend, federal documents show that Exxon Mobil officials were not candid with the public about the length of time it took to seal the burst pipe. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greenpeace Rattles an Oil Rig Off Greenland

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2011 U.K.-based Cairn Energy suspended deep-water drilling operations on a platform off the southwest coast of Greenland after Greenpeace activists boarded the rig to demand the release of the company's unpublished oil spill response plan. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Disastrous Cost of Oil Addiction

BLANK May 6, 2011 "The 2010 Gulf of Mexico blowout brought more than oil to the surface," writes Carl Safina in his new book investigating the impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout.In "A Sea in Flames," Carl Safina investigates the impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

BP Spill Caught the Coast Guard Unprepared

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2011 Looking back over the disastrous BP oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico last year, an internal review by the U.S. Coast Guard has concluded that the seagoing service was poorly prepared for such an event and that the cleanup itself was riddled with planning failures. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Oil Spill? Transocean Hands Out Bonuses for Best Safety Year Ever

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2011 Even Wall Street executives have to be smacking their heads over this one The company that ran the Deepwater Horizon oil rig (before it exploded, killing 11 and filling the Gulf of Mexico with oil) has decided to give its executives bonuses for achieving "the best year in safety performance in our company's history" There are no words . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Baby Dolphins Are Washing Up Dead Along the Gulf

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2011 Scientists at the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies are investigating unusually high numbers of stillborn and aborted dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico region. Seventeen infant dolphins have washed up on shore so far this year, compared to an average of one or two a month, says one scientist. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reid & Co. Open Fire on GOP

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2010 The 111th Congress produced some real eleventh-hour gains for the Obama administration, and by extension the president's party, but some Democrats, such as Sen. Harry Reid and outgoing Sen. Arlen Specter, aren't ready to get over some of the biggest partisan clashes of the last two years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Game-Changer List

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Dec 28, 2010 This year was a game-changer, and what we need is a game-changer list. On that kind of list, I would drop one-off sensations, beginning with the oil spill, the Haitian earthquake and the mine rescue. No. 1 would be WikiLeaks. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Year in Bad Corporate Choices

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2010 The BBC gets the ball rolling in this article about four big companies' sub-stellar performance in 2010, and it should come as no surprise that BP figures in among that unfortunate set. But, dear readers, this list is focused on the UK and Asia -- can you think of more from this side of the globe? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Sues BP, Transocean for Damages ‘Without Limitation’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 16, 2010 Attorney General Eric Holder says the government is going after nine companies involved with the Deepwater Horizon spill "for government removal costs, economic losses and environmental damages without limitation" (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Sheds Latin Oil Producer

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2010 British Petroleum is still sloughing off assets to help cover its $40 billion fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil giant just sold a majority stake in Pan American Energy for $7 billion, putting its running total of recent asset sales at $21 billion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oil Spill Investigators Spot Corporate ‘Culture of Complacency’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 A government commission looking into last spring's eco-pocalypse in the Gulf of Mexico has detected a certain "culture of complacency" afoot at the trio of big companies implicated in the spill. Sounds about right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )