Gulf oil spill
Obama green lights new BP Gulf oil drilling
By Tom Eley, November 3, 2011
The Obama administration has allowed BP to start new deep-sea oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
Report cites BP responsibility in Gulf blowout
By Tom Eley, September 24, 2011
A new government report attributes the blowout on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig to “poor risk management” by oil giant BP.
Gulf slick matches oil from BP spill
By Hiram Lee, August 30, 2011
Scientists confirm that oil observed in the Gulf of Mexico last week is a chemical match to oil from BP's Macondo well.
One year since the BP oil spill: Obama “claims czar” provides no relief for the people of the Gulf
By Tom Eley, April 26, 2011
The Obama administration’s Gulf “claims czar,” Kenneth Feinberg, has blocked the vast majority of those hurt by the BP Gulf oil disaster from compensation.
One year since the BP oil spill: The environmental disaster continues
By Tom Eley, April 23, 2011
This is the third installment in a four-part WSWS series marking the first anniversary of the BP Gulf oil disaster. The catastrophic ecological and human health consequences will last for decades.
One year since the BP oil spill: A colossal failure of the “free market”
By Tom Eley, April 21, 2011
This second installment in a four-part WSWS series marking the first anniversary of the BP Gulf oil disaster focuses on the role of deregulation in creating conditions for the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blowout.
One year since the BP oil spill: Covering up a catastrophe
By Tom Eley, April 20, 2011
This article, the first of a four-part series marking the first anniversary of the BP Gulf oil disaster, reviews the systematic corporate and government cover-up of the BP disaster and its consequences.
BP asks permission to resume drilling in Gulf of Mexico
By Peter Daniels, April 6, 2011
Oil giant BP is negotiating with US regulators to secure permission to resume oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Obama administration approves first deepwater drilling permit since BP oil spill
By Hiram Lee, March 2, 2011
The Obama administration has approved the first deepwater drilling permit for the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the worst oil spill in history.
In effort to limit BP payout, compensation fund head says gulf recovery imminent
By Andre Damon, February 8, 2011
Kenneth Feinberg, the head of the BP oil spill compensation fund, last week published a document that paves the way for a drastic reduction in BP’s payments to fishermen and business owners hurt by the oil spill.
Commission report whitewashes BP’s role in oil spill
By Andre Damon, January 13, 2011
The national commission on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released its final report Wednesday, a key step in the Obama administration’s program to continue unregulated offshore drilling after the greatest man-made ecological disaster in US history.
BP claims czar: $10 billion “more than enough” to compensate oil spill victims
By Kate Randall, January 7, 2011
”Independent claims czar” Kenneth Feinberg says that only about $10 billion will be necessary to compensate victims of the BP oil spill.
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