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Don't be Matt Lauer in Land of the Lost

June 5, 2010 by John Whitehead
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David Leonhardt considers the benefits and costs of oil spill prevention and climate change (Spillonomics): ... The people running BP did a dreadful job of estimating the true chances of events that seemed unlikely — and may even have been unlikely — but that would bring enormous costs. ... For all the criticism BP executives may... [read more]

A View of the Oil Damage Below the Surface

June 3, 2010 by Frances Beinecke
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Now that BP’s “top kill” effort to plug the Deepwater Horizon well has failed, oil will most likely be gushing into the Gulf of Mexico until August. This is an outrageous situation: we will be watching oil devastate our coasts for months to come. But I am also concerned about what the oil is doing in places we can’t see: far from shore... [read more]

The Panic Button

May 28, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
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I suppose it was inevitable that we would arrive at the moment in the ongoing oil spill crisis at which the baby would be thrown out with the bath. That moment came at about 7 minutes into President Obama's press conference on the spill yesterday. After announcing the suspension of offshore drilling in Alaska, the cancelation of planned... [read more]

Gore on BP disaster: “This is a consciousness-shifting event. It is one of those clarifying moments that brings a rare opportunity to take the longer view. Unless we change our present course soon, the future of human civilization will be in dire jeopard

May 8, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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The Nobel-Prize-winning former VP has an article in The New Republic, “The Crisis Comes Ashore:  Why the oil spill could change everything.”  Here are some excerpts: The continuing undersea gusher of oil 50 miles off the shores of Louisiana is not the only source of dangerous uncontrolled pollution spewing into the... [read more]

Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup: An Apollo 13 Mission

May 6, 2010 by Jane Van Ryan
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Trying to stop the oil leaks in the Gulf is similar to the Apollo 13 mission, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen told the Houston Chronicle yesterday. Allen said the well site, which is 5,000 feet beneath the water's surface, makes the response effort exceedingly complex and too deep for human access except with ROVs. He added... [read more]

Redoubling the Commitment to Safety

May 4, 2010 by Jane Van Ryan
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Editor's note: The following is a guest post from API's President and CEO Jack Gerard. In a USA Today op-ed, Gerard announced the oil and natural gas industry is forming two task forces "to review technologies and procedures to improve safety." Jack's comments on the tragic Deepwater Horizon accident are below: This was a tragic... [read more]

The Gulf Oil Spill: Disaster Scenario?

May 3, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
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As the consequences of the ongoing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico unfold, it's still not clear what we're facing. I've seen repeated requests by those affected to know what the worst-case scenario might be. I can't blame them, though when we don't even know how much oil is leaking, and with so much uncertainty surrounding the measures... [read more]

Deepwater Horizon: What Others Are Saying

April 28, 2010 by Jane Van Ryan
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Bloggers are watching the oil spill response closely, and a few have offered their thoughts about the importance of oil and natural gas to the American way of life. Merv Benson at Prairie Pundit commented: "BP is certainly putting the resources behind the effort to staunch the flow of oil from the blowout. It is important not noly... [read more]

Straight Talk about Safety Rules

April 27, 2010 by Jane Van Ryan
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The Huffington Post published an article today that alleges Big Oil tried to stop the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) from promulgating new offshore safety rules before the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig accident. It's not true. Here are the facts. API supports the implementation of an effective safety and environmental... [read more]