Tag: oil spill
Wash Post paints with numbers the oil industry lawmaker-lobbyist circuit in...
The Washington Post does the math on the “revolving door” turning always between the federal government and the oil industry, underscoring the significant influence...
Despite rock-bottom public opinion, Republicans still championing BP
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll delivers the latest edition of “Today’s Awful News” for British Petroleum. BP’s favorability rating now...
Texas constituent opinion of BP apologizer Barton dips, as if it...
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...
Proud serial apologizer Joe Barton repeats confused tendency on Twitter
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,...
Oil spill Thursday news: BP killed ‘drill baby drill’
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...
Gallup: Obama seen as ineffective on oil spill and immigration
The old adage that "in politics perception is reality" may be playing out on multiple fronts for the Obama administration as it battles not...
In Gulf spill aftermath, oil workers lack advocate
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?
Udall, Bennet seek investigation of Transocean’s $1B shareholder payout
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...
EPA: BP has 24 hours to find less toxic dispersant to...
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...
Romanoff sees Gulf spill as wake up call: ‘Biggest polluters bankroll...
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...