| Jun 2, 2010 | Environment / HealthA small amount of oil has reached Florida’s Panhandle, the Wall Street Journal reports. A much larger “sheen” remains less than 50 miles away. According to the latest estimates, cleaning up the oil gushing from BP’s deepwater well could cost...
| May 24, 2010 | Environment / HealthThe true cost of fossil fuels is getting harder to ignore. When a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, killing 11 workers and unleashing a catastrophic spill, the coal-mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 miners hadn’t yet faded from...
| | Environment / HealthLet’s say that you have a water well, and a leak from an underground tank at a nearby gasoline station has contaminated your water. Not to worry, says the station owner, for he can fix the problem by dumping a secret mixture of toxic chemicals into your well....
| May 10, 2010 | Environment / HealthIt turns out crime pays. Big time. BP, the oil company responsible for what may become the largest oil spill of all time in the United States has been breaking the law, again and again. And each time, the company formerly known as British Petroleum has learned its...
| | Environment / HealthI’m a little surprised that President Barack Obama hasn’t gone all-out in trying to control the BP oil disaster. Oh, I’ll grant you that he’s gone down there and rallied the fishermen to the cause and sent out the Coast Guard. And he’s...
