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Economy of Alaska

Oil and Gas Wells Under Water

Weld County Colorado is home to more than 20,000 oil and gas well, and related storage facilities. At least two installations are now known to have spilled nearly 19,000 gallons of crude onto the flood plain. Authorities are scrambling to assess just how much pollution may have spilled into the surrounding environment.

U.S., state officials file lawsuit against ExxonMobil over Arkansas oil spill

Environment

Two-year-old Michigan oil spill still not completely cleaned up, yields large fine

Environment

America can’t stop wasting food

Environment

The Cleanup, the Media and ExxonMobil

BP Pleads Guilty

BP pleads guilty to 14 criminal charges and is fined a record $4.5 billion in a partial settlement with the federal government over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 5 million barrels that killed 11 oil rig workers. Two senior BP supervisors are indicted on manslaughter charges.

BP Fined $4.5 Billion Over 2010 Spill, the Largest Settlement in U.S. History

Oil giant British Petroleum has agreed to pay a record fine of  $4.5 billion  to settle criminal charges related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon  disaster.  It’s the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history. Bloomberg News reporter  Brian Swint  is following the story in London. “This should cover  criminal charges  against BP as a company,” Swint explains. Though BP already made a partial settlement […]

ExxonMobil and Chad’s Authoritarian Regime: An ‘Unholy Bargain’

Global Politics

Author Steve Coll talks about his new book “Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power.” Coll blames ExxonMobil’s “outsized-influence” for poverty in oil-rich countries including Chad.

Oil Spill off Brazil’s Coast

Chevron recently admitted responsibility for an oil spill off the coast of Brazil. Brazil is banking on its vast deep sea oil reserves for economic development.

The World

Oil Pipeline Rupture Angers Montana Residents

Environment

Montanans living along the Yellowstone River say they are worried and angry, following the rupture of an ExxonMobile pipeline. For more, we speak with Alexis Bonogofsky of the National Wildlife Federation.