I've covered oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and in Arkansas, but today the oil came to me. Thursday morning a local journalist alerted me to reports of an oil spill right down the street from me in New Bedford Harbor. I headed down and … [Read more...]
Failures all around
Going forward, we need to overhaul our regulatory framework and bring an end to the era where big oil companies call the shots at our expense. We also need to ensure that BP is held accountable for this disaster and pays every dime it owes … [Read more...]
One Month After The Oil Spill, It’s Time To Act.
Today, on the month anniversary of the spill, I think we all need to take a moment and realize what the spill really means - the devastation in the Gulf is a reflection of our collective failure to force Washington and our elected … [Read more...]
Are You S***ing Me?
Drill Baby Drill as it Spills Baby Spills. You see these tin-eared morons of deafness claim, if we don't drill here, we're going to have to drill over there and you see we'd rather drill here. After all, now there's news BP is going to try … [Read more...]