Obama Has Not Been Tough Enough on BP, 7 of 10 Americans Say
Filed under: Barack Obama, Environment, Dennis Kucinich, Polls, Energy, Obama Administration, Poll Watch, Oil SpillThe feeling that Obama has not been tough enough on BP cuts across party lines, with almost equal numbers of Democrats, Republicans and i...
Obama’s First Oval Office Address: A Personal Decision to Focus on Gulf Spill
Filed under: Barack Obama, Environment, Energy, Obama Administration, Oil SpillObama's decision to make an Oval Office address on the spill demonstrates how devastating the White House views the disaster and its potential impact in defining his preside...
Obama Travels to Alabama, Mississippi, Florida: Addresses Latest on BP Spill
Filed under: Barack Obama, Environment, Energy, Obama Administration, Oil Spill, White HouseObama has traveled to the Gulf four times since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20 led to thye massive spill imperiling the region. On T...
BP Storm: Tulane Prof Oliver Houck Warned for Decades of Peril of Lax Energy Regulation
Filed under: Environment, Energy, Oil SpillHouck, an environmental law professor, says that as bad as the BP spill is, it doesn't compared to what the oil and gas industry was allowed to do to the region's coast and wetlands. Permalink | ...
BP Protests: Do They Hit the Right Target?
Filed under: Environment, Energy, Woman Up, Oil SpillProtestors say BP-branded stations are "complicit in BP's crimes." But the stations are independent franchisees and may not be using gasoline purchased from BP. Permalink | Email this&...
Florida Voters Turn Against Increased Offshore Drilling as Oil Heads Their Way
Filed under: Environment, Polls, Energy, Poll Watch, Oil SpillIn April, two-thirds of Florida voters supported increased offshore oil drilling. Now, 51 percent oppose it. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | ...
Democrats Begin Drive to Push Through Priorities Before Elections
Filed under: Senate, House, Democrats, Republicans, The Capitolist, 2010 Elections, Congress, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnellDemocrats face a tough political environment as they begin a big push to get their legislative agenda through Congress before the N...
Public Skepticism Grows About Increased Offshore Oil Drilling
Filed under: Barack Obama, Environment, Polls, Energy, Obama Administration, Poll Watch, Oil SpillFifty-one percent of Americans say increased offshore oil drilling is too risk compared to 41 percent on May 10, and more now believe what happened is par...
Was This the Last Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival?
Filed under: Environment, Energy, Oil Spill
Tommy Cvitanovich, proprietor of the popular restaurant Drago’s, has reluctantly started using imported mussels instead of oysters. “It’s heartbreaking,” he said, “but we’ve got to do what it takes to survive.”
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Filed under: Environment, Energy, Oil Spill After ‘Top Kill’ Fails, BP Turns to Another Strategy to Cap Gulf Oil Well
BP is now turning to another strategy to cap the out-of-control gusher in the Gulf of Mexico after saying that the "top kill" of the well had failed.
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