Thad Allen says the top kill is working. HOUSTON — The “top kill” technique has stopped the flow of...
Category - Environment
Ten Things About the Oil Spill…
...that will make you lose your shpadoinkle. Courtesy of Alternet. For example: This experience...
Top Kill Isn't Working
This sucks. HOUSTON — BP had to halt its ambitious effort to plug its stricken oil well in the Gulf...
What the Hell Are We Looking At?
I finally just grasped the view of the oil leak that's been running for the last day or so. The...
It's 504,000 Gallons Per Day
We don't know whether or not the top kill is working, but up to this point a federal government...
The More Things Change…
Rachel Maddow reminds us about an oil spill crisis very similar to the current one and how the...
Top Kill is Working?
Via Political Carnival: The “top kill” effort, launched Wednesday afternoon by industry and...
The Top Kill is Underway
BP is beginning the process of injecting mud and cement into the blowout preventer. Check the video...
Brown. It's the New Green.
Andy Cobb and The Partisans for the win:
On Yelling
Al Giordano posted a fantastic and thought-provoking piece about the oil spill and yelling...
Small Government Republicans My Ass
The Republican bail out for BP continues: Republican Senator James Inhofe has stepped up to the...
BP Continues to Cover Up Its Disaster
They're going to cut the live video feed during the top kill procedure. Oh, and the oil is getting...
Dangerous Nonsense
Bob Herbert: Even as BP’s lawyers are consumed with the task of limiting the company’s liability...
Philippe Cousteau Dives into Oil and Dispersant
This video from ABC's Good Morning America is nauseating. Philippe Cousteau Jr. and Sam Champion...
Sick Bastards
And who said there weren't going to be any winners in the Gulf disaster? The gambling website...
I Think We Need a Dose of Anger Now
Last night, David Axelrod appeared on Hardball and rationally enumerated the various steps the...
EPA Caves on Corexit Dispersant
The EPA ordered BP to stop using it. BP refused. The EPA backs down. Environmental Protection...
Quote of the Day
“They will be held accountable. We will keep our boot on their neck until the job gets done.”...
How Much Oil Exactly?
Paul Noel, a contractor for the US Army at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is estimating around 350,000...
How the Top Kill Works
I still can't figure out why this wasn't done weeks ago.