BP’s Image Coated in Sludge After Years of Greenwashing
For the last decade, BP has been busily engaged in a multi-million dollar greenwashing campaign. Changing its name from British Petroleum to just BP, the company adopted a new slogan, “Beyond...
View ArticleObama’s “Revelations” and the Oil Industry’s Slimy History
“What’s been made clear from this disaster is that for years the oil and gas industry has leveraged such power that they have effectively been allowed to regulate themselves,” President Obama said last...
View ArticleThe U.S. Government, Brought to You By Big Oil
Long may she wave: The flag of the United States of Oil Oil companies have begun to “weigh strategies to fight off tougher regulations” in the wake of BP’s spill to end all spills, the New York Times...
View ArticleNew Orleans Jail Makes Room for BP Execs
OK, not quite. It’s true that New Orleans is floating plans to expand its local jail, the notorious Orleans Parish Prison, even though it already has the largest number of jail beds, per capita, of any...
View ArticleAfter BP’s Disaster and Obama’s “Malaise,” Coal Is the Big Winner
No sooner had Obama made his Oval Office energy speech last week than the pundits were comparing him to Jimmy Carter, saying his Debby Downer message was just like the so-called “malaise speech” in...
View ArticleCongress’s Oil Industry “Reforms” = Election-Year Greenwashing
This morning’s Washington Post reports on efforts in Congress to strengthen regulation of oil companies. Two key Senate committees approved legislation Wednesday that would change the way the federal...
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