You might not have seen this coming but I think the oil spill is good news. It’s such good news we should call it the Fantastic Gulf Oil Spill. What other event would make us stop drilling off our coastlines? … Read More
NEW ORLEANS | I have obtained a copy of the almost-600-page BP Regional Oil Spill Response Plan for the Gulf of Mexico as of June, 2009, thanks to an insider. Some material has been redacted, but these are the three … Read More
The Deepwater Horizon disaster has the familiar ingredients of deregulation, deception, and destruction that characterize the relations between governments and multinational corporations. It was a man-made disaster, like Chernobyl. And like the global financial crisis, it all started with the … Read More