The "top kill" solution is being delayed until Wednesday while the size of the gusher appears to be...
Category - Environment
New Oil Spill Widget with Live Video
From PBS's News Hour: [Widget moved to site navigation section above] The destruction of the Gulf...
Trust Me on the Sunscreen?
As someone who spends a considerable amount of time outdoors and has freakish cycling tan lines on...
Government Takeover of the Oil Spill
This is a step in the right direction. HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will move aside BP...
Beach Closed
Mac McClelland posted the following photograph on Twitter. They collect the oil/sand piles into...
BP's Corporate Thuggery
Via John Cole: According to two surviving crew members of the Deepwater Horizon, oil workers from...
The Wetlands are Irreparably Damaged
The news keeps getting worse. NEW ORLEANS — The gooey oil washing into the maze of marshes along...
Gulf Coast Fishermen Contemplate Suicide
After all, it's just chocolate milk and salad dressing. The situation in the gulf is getting so...
BP Will Continue to Use Corexit Despite EPA
This is brazen. BP has told the Environmental Protection Agency that it cannot find a safe...
President Announces Oil Spill Commission
It's a good start. Adding... You know, the commission isn't the only thing the administration is...
What the Heck! Let's Build Some More!
Hey, what could possibly go wrong? HOUSTON — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and...
The Top Kill
BP is going to attempt something called the "top kill," a process that will fire mud and cement...
Wow. Rand Paul Is Insane.
Apart from being outrageously wrong, this latest news from Rand Paul verifies that he's either...
It's Worse Than They Estimated
BP is now reporting that they're sucking up 210,000 gallons of oil per day using their siphon...
Corexit Dispersant Banned. Finally.
The EPA has finally taken notice of BP's toxic dispersants. The Environmental Protection Agency...
'The Day That We've Been Fearing'
The oil has engaged the wetlands. Jindal, sitting at the edge of an airboat, swept a handheld...
BP Orders the Banning and Arrest of Reporters
This is becoming more surreal by the minute! When CBS tried to film a beach with heavy oil on the...
Mission Accomplished
Here's new video of the siphon tube that's supposed to be sucking up around 20 percent of the...
Corexit Dispersant Was Banned in the UK
As we learned a few days ago, the dispersant being injected into the Gulf in massive quantities is...
BP Thinks You're An Idiot
CEO of BP Tony Hayward thinks we're all morons. "I think the environmental impact of this disaster...