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Oil Spill

Methane gas flare and pump jack at an oil well in the Bakken Oil Fields, Mountrail County, North Dakota
Climate Change

Venting and Flares a Major Source of Lost Fossil Fuels

By Jerry RedfernJan 22, 2022
Santa Barbara Oil Spill
Environment

Was Santa Barbara Disaster Inevitable?

By Dan BacherMay 26, 2015
ban fracking now
Environment

California Legislators Call for Offshore Oil Fracking Investigation

By Dan BacherAug 13, 2013
the rich
Economic Equality

Billionaire Dispatches: A Good Time To Be A Billionaire

By Clifford J. TasnerSep 6, 2012
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Environment

Gulf Research Pilot Troubled by Oil Sighting in Macondo Prospect

By Georgianne NienaberSep 8, 2011
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Law and the Justice System

Offshore Oil Companies Still Shielded

By Marian Wang -- Pro PublicaApr 21, 2011
Fukushima-Daiichi
Healthcare Reform

Safety on the Cheap

By Robert ReichMar 17, 2011
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Environment

The BP Oil Spill Saga: Where Things Stand Now

By Marian Wang -- Pro PublicaJan 3, 2011
wetlands
Environment

Mary Landrieu Goes to Bat for Louisiana’s Wetlands

By Georgianne NienaberSep 30, 2010
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Rankism

Obama "The Worst President Ever" -- Are You Kidding Me?

By Anthony Asadullah SamadAug 28, 2010
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Environment

Gulf's Dolphins: "Man Needs To Make Right Their Waters"

By Georgianne NienaberAug 27, 2010
Thick oil is revealed on the beach at Grand Isle's State Park after clean up crews use an auger to take 30 inch deep core samples that show oil from the deepwater horizon oil spill exists on several levels beneath the sand.
Environment

Where’s the Oil? Here, There, and Everywhere

By Georgianne NienaberAug 12, 2010
voices of the wetlands
Environment

Voices from the Wetlands

By Dick and SharonAug 8, 2010
plastic waste
Environment

Baby Steps in Plastic Bags

By Dick PriceAug 3, 2010
black bath
Environment

Toxic Oil Sludge Is Good as Gold for Republicans

By Jerry DruckerJul 31, 2010
bp earnings report
Environment

BP’s Final Lesson

By Robert ReichJul 29, 2010
bp's oil spill
Environment

Gulf Oil Disaster: A Tragedy of the Commons

By Donald PriceJul 19, 2010
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The Media

With Elephants in the Room, Where’s the “Liberal Media?”

By Tom HallJul 10, 2010
BP Oil Spill Poisoning Food
Elections and Campaigns

BP Oil Spill Poisoning Food

By Mary PallantJun 29, 2010
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Reader Feedback

Friday Feedback: Media Consolidation’s Long Tail

By Posted by AdministratorJun 25, 2010
solar power
Environment

How Big Oil Controlled the U.S. Photovoltaic Industry

By Tracy EmblemJun 25, 2010
student protest
Progressive Issues

Ten Suggestions for Effective Activism

By Paul Rogat LoebJun 22, 2010
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Environment

An Exclusive (Somewhat Apocryphal) Interview with Stephen Hawking on the British Petroleum Gulf Oil Spill Event Horizon

By Gary CorseriJun 19, 2010
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Immigration Reform

Immigrants Cleaning Up Oil Spill Nothing New

By Andrea Christina NillJun 14, 2010