A Classic Case of the “Shaggy Defense” A Classic Case of the “Shaggy Defense”
BP, Transocean and Halliburton elude blame one after the other when asked about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
May 12, 2010 / Chris Hayes
A Classic Case of the “Shaggy Defense” A Classic Case of the “Shaggy Defense”
BP, Transocean and Halliburton elude blame one after the other when asked about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
May 12, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Verify, Baby, Verify! Verify, Baby, Verify!
If offshore drilling is required for our economic well-being—a questionable enough proposition given the inherent risks—it is a cause that will be set back dramatica...
May 12, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Saving the Planet Saving the Planet
A Twitter guide to climate change news, resources and activism.
May 11, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Fox Rejects Vote Vets Ad; Times Nixes MoveOn’s. Why? Fox Rejects Vote Vets Ad; Times Nixes MoveOn’s. Why?
An edgy ad could have broken through right-wing psychological barriers on climate change and alternative energy. Fox turned it down.
May 11, 2010 / Leslie Savan
There Will Be Blood There Will Be Blood
The BP spill is heartbreaking—but it's only an extreme version of routine accidents and pollution.
May 6, 2010 / The Editors
Beyond Business as Usual Beyond Business as Usual
We can't simply grow our way out of unemployment.
May 6, 2010 / Juliet Schor
One Case Against BP, Wall Street, and War One Case Against BP, Wall Street, and War
The need for stronger links between the environmental, peace and Wall Street reform movements grow by the day in the face of the oil spill caused by BP.
May 5, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Oil Spill Repercussions Oil Spill Repercussions
Katrina vanden Heuvel debates what Obama's reaction to the oil spill and offshore drilling should be.
May 4, 2010 / Press Room
Don’t-Drill-Baby-Don’t-Drill: Schwarzenegger Abandons Offshore Plan; So Should Obama Don’t-Drill-Baby-Don’t-Drill: Schwarzenegger Abandons Offshore Plan; So Should Obama
Confronted with evidence that he was wrong about the safety of offshore drilling—in the form of photos of the nightmarish Gulf of Mexico spill—California's governor wit...
May 4, 2010 / John Nichols