This Week's Agenda: BP to Eat Crow?
BP and the Gulf oil crisis are expected to be at the forefront of the news once again this week. President Obama will visit Alabama, Mississippi and Florida today and tomorrow, and address the nation...
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Ixtoc Spill Still Around After 30 Years: How Long for BP Gusher?
In 1979, an explosion on the Ixtoc 1 oil platform caused the world's worst accidental oil spill 50 miles off Mexico's Gulf Coast. 140 million gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf. It took more than nine...
View ArticleCorporate Power and US Government: A Long History of Tension
In the wake of the BP oil disaster, the relationship between big corporations and the U.S. government has become more than an academic curiosity. It sometimes seems that the two are so entwined that...
View ArticleGulf Residents Struggle with Stress, Uncertainty Over Oil Disaster
BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster hits the two month mark this weekend. Since April 20, oil has been gushing into the Gulf, wreaking havoc on the thousands who make a living from those waters....
View ArticleWith No Solution in Sight, Gulf Coast Residents Turn to Faith
Since the start of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, neither BP nor politicians nor the smartest engineers and technicians in America have been able to cap the well and contain the damage.Some...
View ArticleMeet Darryl Willis: The New Face of BP
Perhaps the only disaster equal in magnitude to the oil spill in the Gulf is the public relations disaster BP has on its hands for causing the spill. After weeks of embarrassing gaffes from BP...
View ArticleJohn Francis on Walking the Earth to Save the Planet
John Francis knows about the desire to act after an oil spill. In 1971, a major oil spill in the San Francisco Bay led him to make radical changes in his life. He ultimately decided to stop driving and...
View ArticleTar Balls Reach Texas Coast
On Tuesday, oil hit the coast of Texas, officially reaching every state along the Gulf of Mexico. About five gallons of oil were found near Galveston, Tex. appearing in the form of small tar balls....
View ArticleThe Agenda: Unfinished Business in Washington, State of the Economy
On Capitol Hill this week, Democratic lawmakers will make a last-ditch attempt to get the financial regulations bill passed before heading into mid-term elections. Democratic Senators are also...
View ArticleFollowing the Oysters: Oil Gusher's Domino Effect
Oil may have stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, but the longterm economic damage caused by the BP catastrophe is only beginning to be seen. Workers along the along the Gulf Coast are...
View ArticleHas BP Affected the Way We Consume Energy?
KUHF reporter Melissa Galvez took to the streets of Houston, Texas, and asked residents if the BP oil disaster changed the way they consume gas. She covered this for our friends Transportation Nation....
View ArticleIs the Oil Spill Debris in Landfills Hazardous to Our Health?
Attempts to permanently seal the ruptured BP oil rig are now well underway, but major concerns about the gusher's cleanup continue to swirl around the Gulf Coast. In particular, many local residents...
View ArticleBP Investigating Potentially Bogus Compensation Claims
BP has pledged to give $20 billion in compensation to victims of the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil gusher. So far, $300 million has been distributed, but many are concerned that some portion of...
View ArticleKenneth Feinberg on BP's Claims System
BP has already paid out more than $300 million to businesses and individuals affected by the oil, which started gushing into the Gulf of Mexico on Apirl 20, but the company's claims system has been...
View ArticleIs Gulf Seafood Really Safe?
A new report released this week by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) warns that the "oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico poses... indirect threats to seafood safety." State and federal...
View ArticleMaritime Law and the Deep Water Horizon: How Should the Widows be Compensated?
It’s been more than a year since the explosion aboard the Deep Water Horizon oil rig that led to the deaths of 11 workers and millions of barrels of oil being spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of...
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