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BP Sees a Return to Grandeur as Gulf Fishermen Reel From Disaster

April 29, 2012 by Rocky Kistner
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Photo by Mac MacKenzie

The second memorial of the nation’s worst oil catastrophe has come and gone, forever linked to Earth Day and seared into the psyches of millions of Gulf residents and fishermen. In recent weeks, the media has unleashed a torrent of stories about the devastating impacts of the nation’s worst oil spill disaster; deaths... [read more]

Far from DC, Michigan Residents Fight Their Own Tar Sands Pipeline Battles

March 1, 2012 by Rocky Kistner
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As TransCanada announced it would begin building the southern leg of its Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas—setting the stage for a new Congressional battle over the transnational pipeline—Michigan residents are worried about a massive tar sands oil spill that persists in their backyards.  ... [read more]

$1 Billion More Pumping Into U.S. Wind

January 21, 2012 by Nino Marchetti
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Dire predictions abound for U.S. wind power development if a federal production tax credit dies as scheduled at the end of this year, but projects already in the works appear to retain solid investment appeal. Sempra Energy sure seems to think so. The sprawling California energy company said it is jumping in with BP on a couple of big... [read more]

Media’s Scant Attention to Royal Shell’s 1.68 Million Gallon Spill

January 3, 2012 by Rod Adams
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Mainstream media outlets treat nuclear energy in a way that is diametrically different from energy sources that advertise heavily.Advertiser supported media sources wrung their collective hands and did everything they could to promote and extend the legs of the story about damage to the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. That frequently covered... [read more]

A Gulf Chorus Fights BP's PR War

December 31, 2011 by Rocky Kistner
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Photo by PJ Hahn

BP's newest PR salvo touting its Gulf cleanup hit a nerve with many residents still struggling to get their lives back (one ad captured this BP beach protest in the background). The oil behemoth's slickly produced pleas for Americans to “come on down” to the Gulf where the weather is warm, the... [read more]

Beyond Solar: BP Exits Business

December 30, 2011 by Doris de Guzman
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It has been more than a year when the green blog reported about the closing of BP Solar's manufacturing facility in Maryland, US.According to several news reports last week, BP finally admitted that it can't handle the solar market and told its staff of 100 employees worldwide that it will fold its solar business after  being... [read more]

As Dolphins Die, Gulf Residents Ask, 'What About Us?'

November 6, 2011 by Rocky Kistner
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Dolphin found near Gulfport MS last week. Photo: Laurel Lockamy

Willie Seaman of Irvington, AL, lays carpet and floors for a living. But last summer, as the BP well gushed thousands of barrels of oil daily into the Gulf, Seaman signed up with the BP cleanup program, working on a shrimp boat several miles off shore. It was brutally hot and the smell of oil was putrid, Seaman remembers. His... [read more]

Disaster in the Gulf; So What Are We Doing About It?

October 16, 2011 by Rocky Kistner
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Photo credit: Mac MacKenzie

In the Gulf, new information is confirming fears that fish and wildlife—and millions of people on the Coast—are being seriously impacted by the 4.9 million barrels of BP oil spewed from the ocean deep last year.   A new report from the Waterkeeper Alliance shows the BP disaster is still unfolding. The... [read more]

Oil Still Threatens a Cajun Paradise

September 25, 2011 by Rocky Kistner
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P.J. Hahn with a damaged pelican and the oil soaked waters of Barataria Bay.

P.J. Hahn has rescued his share of oil-soaked pelicans. As coastal restoration director for Plaquemines Parish, he’s seen the worst of the Louisiana crude that belched uncontrollably from BP’s well a mile below the sea.   But now more than a year after the well was plugged, Hahn has not escaped the oil. And ... [read more]

The Macondo Monkey on BP's Back

September 23, 2011 by Rocky Kistner
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Photo: PJ Hahn - Oil from an unknown source floats near fishing grounds of Barataria Bay, LA

Down in the Gulf, oil still is bubbling to the surface near BP’s disastrous Macondo well. Local fishermen know it, environmental watchdogs know it, local journalists know it. Now, five weeks after it was first spotted, the government knows it too. Following repeated BP denials that its well is leaking, the feds have finally taken... [read more]

A Dolphin's Dilemma for Fishermen in the Gulf

July 30, 2011 by Rocky Kistner
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Photo: Rocky Kistner/NRDC

Louisiana shrimp buyer Dean Blanchard has seen plenty of crazy things during his life in the bayou. But his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets the day he watched a mother dolphin pushing her dead baby calf  towards him as he stood on the commercial dock of his once thriving seafood business on... [read more]

How Many Congressmen Does It Take To Screw Up a Light Bulb?

July 12, 2011 by David Doniger
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Taking Care of the Medium Screw Base The BULB Act – for “Better Use of Light Bulbs” – is the latest bright idea from Rep. Joe Barton, the Texas Republican who last year apologized to BP during the Gulf oil spill and more recently questioned whether there is any “medical negative” from mercury or other dangerous air pollutants. This is a... [read more]

Review: A Sea in Flames by Carl Safina

July 11, 2011 by Scott Edward Anderson
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I wanted to like Carl Safina's new book, A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout.  In fact, I did like it for the first 40 pages or so. Safina is at his best in this book when reconstructing the events of the blowout itself and sharing the stories of those in the region whose lives felt the negative impacts. He's... [read more]

BP Spins Success From Reports About Its Failure

July 1, 2011 by Rocky Kistner
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When my colleagues released NRDC's annual Testing the Waters  report documenting pollution problems across the nation’s coastlines, the last thing they expected was this jaw-dropping Orwellian tweet to pop up on their computer screens: @BP_America Official BP.@NRDC Annual #Beach Water Report released today... [read more]

Highlights of BP’s 2011 Statistical Review of World Energy

June 23, 2011 by Robert Rapier
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Global Energy Growth  BP recently released their highly respected annual Statistical Review of World Energy for 2011. Most of the news stories on the report have focused on the exceptionally strong growth in global energy consumption. While that is without a doubt a major story that I will discuss here, I also want to highlight some... [read more]