As the saga of Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-Texas) apology to BP took yet another strange turn today, a new poll shows the voters he represents think he was wrong — and that the entire episode has negatively affected their opinion…
After apologizing to BP for the $20 billion victims’ escrow fund, Rep. Joe Barton unapologized via a retraction. But now he’s unapologizing for that, sort of. David Weigel reports that the formerly penitent Texas Republican has
The Florida Independent posts a great quick and dirty round up of today’s Gulf oil catastrophe news. Florida is calling for a “claims process on steroids” to make BP start paying for wrecking livelihoods. The Coast Guard finally trusts…
The old adage that “in politics perception is reality” may be playing out on multiple fronts for the Obama administration as it battles not only the view that it has been ineffective in dealing with the BP oil spill but…
The largest oil spill in U.S. history has received no absence of congressional scrutiny. Yet as lawmakers continue to focus their examinations on the environmental, economic and energy implications of the disaster, a number of labor advocates are beginning to wonder: What about the workers?
Colorado U.S. Sens Mark Udall and Michael Bennet joined 16 other Senate Democrats in demanding the Justice Department investigate $1 billion in shareholder dividends paid out this week by Transocean Ltd., the Swiss company operating the Deepwater Horizon oil rig…
Thought the massive quantities of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico were the only major threat to the country’s southeast coastal waters right now? Think again:
The Environmental Protection Agency informed BP officials late Wednesday that the company
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff yesterday issued a statement blaming the Gulf Coast oil spill at least in part on the political clout of British Petroleum.
“We need to minimize the risk of another such catastrophe, one that…
As the scramble continues to plug the oil gusher a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico — and as Senate Democrats promote their long-awaited proposal designed to tackle climate change — Al Gore offers a…
Colorado Independent reporter David O. Williams, who covers energy and environmental issues on the state’s Western Slope, appears tonight at 7:30 on the Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA Channel 6) show “Colorado State of Mind.” The topic is “The Future…
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