Today marks seven long years since the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster began to unfold. Eleven men were lost in the initial explosion and oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico … Read more
Gulf spill
Making a Difference for the Gulf of Mexico
The National Wildlife Federation recently released a new interactive, online report – Making the Most of Restoration: Priorities for a Recovering Gulf. This report stresses the importance of restoring the Gulf’s … Read more
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water
More evidence that Congress lives in an alternate universe: they still think offshore oil rigs are no place for regulators. Basic common sense says that if you want to increase … Read more
Gulf spill side effect: Amnesia
The politics around offshore drilling have taken a turn for the crazy. Last month, while the rest of the country was marking the one-year memorial of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, … Read more
Shocker! Gulf drilling agency makes the “High Risk List”
To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) made this year’s list of the worst-run government agencies. The “High Risk List” helps the feds keep track … Read more
BP Starts to Cut and Run, Leaving Death Behind
It’s been a bad month in the Gulf of Mexico. Last week BP decided to stop playing nice. Ken Feinberg, who the oil giant chose to run its compensation fund … Read more
