Will future generations note April 20, 2010âthe day the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster beganâas a greater turning point than Sept. 11, 2001? Our readers weigh in…
Two lawsuits have been filed against BP alleging violations of the Rackteer Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute in connection with the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Even as officialdom lectures us about the dangers of using cell phones while driving, the auto industry is about to bring us dashboard web accessâwith 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 daysâone in the Texas Panhandle, and one just outside Dallas-Ft. Worthâhave 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 eruptionâpossibly due to a nuclear detonation to contain the leakâreleasing 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.
Even as the disaster unfolds in the Gulf of Mexico, lawyers for BP are working to settle a civil lawsuit the government brought in connection with the 2006 pipeline spills in Alaska.
The American Power Act written by Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman features carbon trading, more offshore drilling, and big subsidies for “clean coal” and “safe nuclear power.”
