Exxon Valdez Tagged Articles
Oil spill estimates soar as top-kill procedure shows signs of success
Ever since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists from both the public and private sectors have offered estimates on how much oil was gushing from BP’s runaway well. New estimates announced by U.S.
BP's official oil-spill response plan contains absurd information
Federal regulations require oil companies to prepare and submit detailed spill-response plans before they can begin drilling offshore in American waters — and rightfully so. That body of water we call the Gulf of Mexico is a rich and diverse
Gulf oil fumes sicken workers, BP not concerned
Louisiana fisherman hired by BP to deploy boom and skim the growing oil mass in the Gulf of Mexico are getting sick. In the swamps and marshes in and around Batataria Bay, the fishermen-turned-BP employees working to contain the oil
Oil spill could cost BP tens of billions of dollars
BP has outlined renewed efforts to contain the massive crude oil leak a mile below the ocean’s surface where its Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sits about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The company says containment, relief well drilling
Oil spill reminiscent of coal ash disaster
The story is all too familiar: Big business being oblivious to the harm they can cause not just us but the environment in which we live. Just last year BP suggested that an accident leading to a massive crude oil
