Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama’s BP Response Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama’s BP Response
While many commentators missed the point, there actually were some substantive problems with Obama's BP speech, too.
Jun 18, 2010 / Ari Melber
The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe? The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?
Is BP unique in its ability to create catastrophe? On this week's The Breakdown, Chris Hayes asks Greenpeace's Kert Davies whether the entire practice of offshore oil drilling is i...
Jun 18, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Can Washington Stand Up to the Energy Industry? Can Washington Stand Up to the Energy Industry?
Mopping up BP's current crisis and guarding against future environmental incidents will take more momentum than a speech, a meeting or a few hearings can deliver.
Jun 18, 2010 / Sarah Laskow
Onshore Drilling Disasters Waiting to Happen: An Interview With ‘Gasland’ Director Josh Fox Onshore Drilling Disasters Waiting to Happen: An Interview With ‘Gasland’ Director Josh Fox
In 2008, a gas company offered Josh Fox $100,000 to lease his family's land for natural gas extraction. His new documentary Gasland explores the environmental devastation "hyd...
Jun 17, 2010 / Nora Eisenberg
The Power of the Presidency The Power of the Presidency
Since the president had no legal basis to demand the set aside, on what basis did he extract $20 billion from BP?
Jun 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders
We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It
On Morning Joe, Katrina vanden Heuvel defends President Obama by saying that his White House speech Tuesday night was humane, but "we need deeds."
Jun 17, 2010 / Press Room
We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It
On Morning Joe, Katrina vanden Heuvel defends President Obama by saying that his White House speech Tuesday night was humane, but "we need deeds."
Jun 17, 2010 / MSNBC
Kick Ass or Buy Gas? Kick Ass or Buy Gas?
How taxpayers are subsidizing BP's disaster through the Pentagon.
Jun 17, 2010 / Nick Turse
Top Republicans Offer BP Apologies, Tips to Avoid Accountability Top Republicans Offer BP Apologies, Tips to Avoid Accountability
The ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee apologizes to BP's CEO for Obama administration moves to hold the company to account.
Jun 17, 2010 / John Nichols
Retreat to Subsistence Retreat to Subsistence
Could the introduction of genetically modified genes into Mexico's landrace corns lead to their extinction?
Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby