Oil Spill

19 Years And Waiting: Exxon Valdez Payments Delayed Again

AP | Posted 10.22.2008 | Green

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Prince William Sound commercial fishermen have waited 19 years for punitive damages against Exxon Mobil Corp. in the nation'...

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Spill, Baby, Spill!

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Matthew Filipowicz

The scary thing is that the Republicans want more. Even after it's obvious the realities of "drill, baby, drill" are "spill, baby, spill", they still want more.

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200 Penguins Die In Brazil Oil Slick

AP | MICHAEL ASTOR | Posted 08.29.2008 | Green

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say ...

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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil: McCain's Drilling Rig Do-Over

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.21.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, John McCain, Oil Spill, Minerals Management Service, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Oil Spill, House Natural Resources Committee, John Mccain Oil Drilling, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Big Oil Mccain, McCain Offshore Drilling, T. Boone Pickerns, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Josh Dorner

Whether it's because of the 30 or so oil industry lobbyists working on his campaign or the more than $2 million in campaign cash from Big Oil, McCain is determined to push his drill here, drill there, drill everywhere plan.

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Connect the Dots: See the Real Costs of Our Oil Dependency, More Oil is Not the Answer

Riki Ott | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

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Riki Ott

Cordova, Alaska. The other night I biked over to the home of Linden and Kevin "Sam" O'Toole to watch the CNN Anderson Cooper 360ยบ story on the Exxon ...

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Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

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Oil of Delay: McCain Cancels Louisiana Trip After Barge Spill

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, New Orleans Oil Spill, John McCain, Oil Spill, Mississippi River, Oil, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

McCain had been planning to visit an offshore rig on this New Orleans junket, but it's not the image a presidential candidate wants in the middle of an environmental nightmare.

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Oil Spill Shuts Mississippi River

Reuters | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green

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HOUSTON (Reuters) - A collision between a chemical tanker and a fuel barge on the Mississippi River spilled over 400,000 gallons of fuel oil and promp...

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When Harm Goes Unpunished: Why Congress Should Overturn the Supreme Court's Exxon Valdez Decision

Riki Ott | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

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Riki Ott

No community should have to go through what we have been through. Livelihoods have been lost, financial stress has broken families apart, and businesses supported by fishermen have crumbled.

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