Big Oil

Exxon controls skies over Arkansas oil spill

The oil giant can deny permission to journalists, observers in fly zone over tar sands disaster

Natasha Lennard Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 2:19 PM UTC 54
Business pegasus, tar sands, Arkansas

State’s Keystone report authors also OK’d explosive Caspian pipeline

A pipeline previously greenlighted by contractors failed to provide jobs, caused severe environmental damage

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 9:37 PM UTC
Business State DEpartment

BP edited its own environmental record on Wikipedia

Wikipedia editors accuse the oil giant of editing 44 percent of page about itself

Natasha Lennard Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 4:44 PM UTC
Technology Oil, BP, Deepwater Horizon

State Department report OK’ing Keystone XL linked to oil industry

Consulting firms with ties to oil giants provided the basis of government document

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Business Keystone XL pipeline

State Dept. says no environmental bar to Keystone XL

Environmentalists are already criticizing the report, which supports the pipeline extension

Natasha Lennard Friday, Mar 1, 2013 10:27 PM UTC 34
News Keystone XL pipeline

BP exec admits knew of “big risk” of explosion

President of BP America at the time of Gulf spill admitted risk of a "blowout" at Deepwater Horizon was known

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 8:41 PM UTC
News BP, Deepwater Horizon

“Chaos, paranoia and insanity” at Deepwater Horizon

The prosecution makes strong claims about BP gross negligence in first day of trial

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 1:40 PM UTC
News aol_on, BP, Deepwater Horizon

Trial begins for BP over Gulf oil spill

BP's bill, decided by the court, could be as low as $5 billion or as high as $17.5 billion

Natasha Lennard Monday, Feb 25, 2013 3:25 PM UTC
News BP, Gulf Oil Spill, Big Oil

Obama golfed with oil giants during climate rally

While 40,000 plus protesters descended on D.C. to pressure the president on climate change, he was with oil men

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 7:20 PM UTC 18
News Keystone XL pipeline

Judge approves $4 billion BP oil spill criminal settlement

The Justice Department ended its criminal investigation into the oil giant's role in the disaster

Associated Press Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 9:51 PM UTC
News Gulf Oil Spill, BP

Obama’s climate change vow will be quickly tested

UPDATED: Environmentalists pleased by his Inaugural message await his Keystone XL pipeline decision with concern

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 2:38 PM UTC
News Environment, Climate Change

BP suspended from new US government contracts

The EPA cited the oil giant's "lack of business integrity" over the Gulf oil spill VIDEO

Associated Press Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 5:51 PM UTC
News BP, Deepwater Horizon, Big Oil, EPA

Colorado’s fracking fight gets ugly

It's scheming pols and dirty industry against small-town America. Really

David Sirota Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 1:00 PM UTC
Politics fracking, Colorado

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Big Oil

Exxon controls skies over Arkansas oil spill

State’s Keystone report authors also OK’d explosive Caspian pipeline

BP edited its own environmental record on Wikipedia

State Department report OK’ing Keystone XL linked to oil industry

State Dept. says no environmental bar to Keystone XL

BP exec admits knew of “big risk” of explosion

“Chaos, paranoia and insanity” at Deepwater Horizon

Trial begins for BP over Gulf oil spill

Obama golfed with oil giants during climate rally

Judge approves $4 billion BP oil spill criminal settlement

Obama’s climate change vow will be quickly tested

BP suspended from new US government contracts

Colorado’s fracking fight gets ugly

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