Articles about “BP”
Post Believes The US Is At WAR With The UK
With the US-UK World Cup match starting at 2:30 p.m. (EST) and BP's oily mess in the Gulf Coast, the Post decides, "It's the Revolutionary War, Round 2. While tens of millions settle in to watch...
World BP Protest To Hit NYT Building
Today, 52 cities across 5 continents will be protesting BP, and will apparently be "wearing black and/or black ribbons to show solidarity, support and mourning for the Gulf and the folks who live, eat, sleep and...
Bloomberg: Leave BP Alone! And The Empire State Building!
You know, instead of running around blaming BP, maybe everyone should just take a deep breath and remember that BP didn't intend to cause the worst oil spill in history. As Mayor Bloomberg pointed out in his...
Actually, Twice As Much Oil Is Gushing Into The Gulf
It was previously estimated that 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil a day were leaking into the Gulf of Mexico; now a government panel says that about twice that amount is gushing out, approximately 25,000 to...
BP Slammed for Barring Press, Kevin Costner Tries to Help
Fifty days into the catastrophic Gulf oil spill, and BP is still pissing off the press. In a long, infuriating article in the Times, the oil giant's repeated attempts to keep the media from covering the spill...
BP Gas Station Owners Beg Vandals to Stop
Johan Lammers's Twitter The BP sign that was vandalized at the gas station at Houston and Lafayette last week isn't the only one to get splattered with dark brown paint. At least half a dozen BP...
Deep Sea Oil Plume Confirmed, Now Obama Wants to Kick Ass
Coast Guard Admiral Thad W. Allen said this morning that BP’s new containment cap had captured 14,482 barrels of oil in the most recent 24-hour period. But there's still much more spilling out; federal studies estimate that...
Gulf Residents Not Taking BP's Apology
BP began airing apologetic ads on TV, featuring BP CEO Tony Hayward promising to "do everything we can so this never happens again." And though the jury is out as to whether they're phony or sincere, Gulf...
Wildlife Dying in Oil, Obama Heads to Gulf, Cancels Asia Trip
As you can see, Obama's cunning plot to spill oil into the gulf in order to justify strict new environmental regulations is going exactly according to plan. These devastating photos of sea birds and brown pelicans (Louisiana's...
Oil Pipe Successfully Cut, Spike Lee Says Obama Not Mad Enough
It seems that BP has had a rare moment of success in their floundering attempt to stop the worst oil leak in U.S. history. After yet another setback yesterday, technicians have managed to cut the riser...
BP Station Owner Says Vandals Just Don't Understand
Johan Lammers's Twitter A few days ago, it was discovered that someone had brazenly vandalized the Houston Street BP gas station sign with black paint. Now BP has to go through the hassle of sending the...
BP Says Top Kill A Failure
BP has announced that "Top Kill," their attempt at plugging the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into the busted pipe, has failed. BP PLC Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said at a news conference...
Officials Say BP Shipped in Workers for Obama's Gulf Visit!
According to Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts, BP recruited workers for the tune of $12 an hour to show up for Obama's visit to Grand Isle, Louisiana yesterday—and sent them away as soon as the president left!...
Update: Hundreds Protest BP on Houston Street
According to Code Pink organizer Dana Balicki, they're not going to stand for a corporation that values "profits over people." That's why, last night, about 200 protesters covered in "oil" or dressed like sea creatures descended upon...
Top Kill Might Be Working, Or Not?
Yesterday Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen created the impression that the latest attempt to plug the gushing oil leak in the gulf was working, telling reporters that BP had temporarily stopped the flow of oil. Later...
Some Clarification on Tonight's BP Protest (BYO "Oil"!)
BP protesters in Berkeley. (Via Zombie Time) Protest organizers are expecting a sizable turnout at tonight's demonstration at the BP station on Houston Street, and so a major NYPD presence is inevitable as well. (And after...
Protesters Plan to Occupy BP Station on Houston Friday Night
kchbrown's Flickr If you're feeling a need to vent about this whole oil spill nightmare, there's some direct action protest planned for Friday night at the BP station on Houston Street between Broadway and Lafayette. According...
BP "Company Man" Brushed Off Concerns On Day of Explosion
At 1 p.m. today, BP pulled the trigger on the "top kill," pumping thousands of pounds of heavy fluids into a five-story stack of pipes in an attempt to clog the well and stop the Gulf...
BP Ignored Warnings Before Oil Rig Explosion
In the hours before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, BP received and ignored warning signs that something was seriously wrong. In a memo [pdf] released last night, the House...
Obama: It's Up to BP to "Plug the Damn Hole"
One day after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar threatened to push BP out of the way if the company does not stop the Gulf oil spill soon, the Obama administration has walked back that threat. Speaking to reporters...
Video: Gulf Oil Leaking from Multiple Sources on Multi-Screens
Last week, after Rep. Edward J. Markey’s (D-Mass.) request, BP finally agreed to provide live footage of the oil spill operations in the Gulf of Mexico. (Here's the Spill Cam.) But that view just shows one leak...
Kevin Costner's Waterworld Will Save the Gulf
So remember that time in Waterworld when that machine could turn urine into clean water? Well, Kevin Costner was apparently so inspired by the technology, and so devastated by the Exxon-Valdez spill, that he paid scientists...
Oil Spill Reaches Key West, Could Continue Up East Coast
It looks like that "Loop Current" might be working as feared, as globs of tar have started washing up on the shores of Key West, Florida. The balls, 3- to 8-inches in diameter, were found at Fort...
Plumes of Oil 10 Miles Wide Lurking Below Gulf Surface
The oil slick seen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico is just a fraction of what has been spilled after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20th. The National Institute for Undersea Science and...
Obama Faults BP, Transocean, Halliburton Blame Game
President Obama was fed up with executives from BP, Transocean and Halliburton trying to blame each other for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, "I did not appreciate what I considered to be a...
First Video of Oil Gushing from Broken Gulf Oil Well
In case you haven't seen it and you still need to fill your daily quota for helpless outrage, here is the first video of the source of those 4 million gallons of toxic crude oil spilling...
Protesters Blame BP For Oil Spill, Execs Blame Each Other
Now that President Obama has already blamed oil company British Petroleum for the spill in the Gulf of Mexico, activists are demanding action. Today, "Seize BP!" protesters will be gathering around the country to advocate "seizure of...
"Loop Current" May Spread Gulf Oil Spill Up East Coast
As engineers prepare to lower a giant containment dome over one of two remaining oil well leaks in the Gulf of Mexico, there is mounting concern that ocean currents will carry the oil slick around Florida, into...
BP Plugs One Leak Out of Three, Cutting Oil Flow by 0%
Low Five! Using remote control submersible robots, BP has finally managed to put a cap on a leaking drill pipe lying on the Gulf floor about 5,000 feet deep. However, the victory was muted by the fact...
Gulf Oil Spill Reaches Shore, Could Eclipse Valdez
A state of emergency has been declared in Louisiana as oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico reportedly washed ashore overnight, threatening fisheries and wildlife in the marshes and islands off the coast. Oil...