Massive fish kills are still being reported from the Louisiana coast as BP finally completes the relief well at Macondo, supposedly putting a final end to the Gulf disaster.
Although before the Deepwater Horizon disaster they won little media attention, government statistics show that more than 100 fires and explosions take place in the Gulf of Mexico each year.
Our August issue featured the story BP: The Case for Public Ownership by Billy Wharton, a reprint from In These Times. Our multiple-choice Exit Poll was: “Should BP be nationalzied?” We received 16 votes. The results follow: Yes, it is… Read moreOur readers write: Should BP be nationalized?
Will future generations note April 20, 2010—the day the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster began—as a greater turning point than Sept. 11, 2001? Our readers weigh in…
Even as officialdom lectures us about the dangers of using cell phones while driving, the auto industry is about to bring us dashboard web access—with no intervention from the authorities.
The Japanese space agency is embarking on a mammoth $2.2 billion project to put humanoid robots on the moon and create an unmanned robot lunar base by 2020.
Two natural gas pipeline explosions in as many days—one in the Texas Panhandle, and one just outside Dallas-Ft. Worth—have left four dead and several more injured.
World oil consumption dropped by 1.2 million barrels a day last year, the biggest decline since 1982, according to BP, while the Energy Department predicts falling prices next year.
Over 500 northern British Columbia residents gathered in Kitamaat Village to oppose the Northern Gateway Pipeline plan, which would bring oil supertankers to the BC Coast.
A worst case scenario for the Gulf of Mexico disaster is a greater eruption—possibly due to a nuclear detonation to contain the leak—releasing trillions of barrels of oil, and killing the oceans.
Did you see or hear any media coverage of the Bolivia climate summit? Do you think the event was worthy of coverage? One readers responds…
Ninety oil workers have been evacuated from a North Sea rig as engineers fight to control a huge build-up of pressure in a well that may have the potential to blow up the platform.
