Louisiana’s wetlands do not need this
The big, potentially positive story in Louisiana environmental circles has been the push to restore the state's depleted wetlands. It had become increasingly clear that something had gone terribly...
View ArticleThey still don’t take seafood safety seriously in the Gulf
In more than a quarter century as an environmental lawyer, I've learned a lot about the mostly ineffective ways that government regulators do their jobs -- and that learning curve definitely...
View ArticleThe BP settlement isn’t good enough for Plaquemines Parish
I've long said that no likely BP settlement would ever be enough for the damage that its 2010 oil spill caused to the Gulf region. Mostly, that's a moral argument: The purpose of punitive damages is...
View ArticleMore evidence that BP got off too easily
Last week I wrote here that BP's $54 billion payout for damages and restoration from the 2010 Gulf oil spill just wasn't really enough -- both because of the ongoing environmental damage from the...
View ArticleBP can never pay enough for what it’s done
If anything has the ability to cut through the clutter in our 24/7 frenetic news cycle, it's Wall Street. Say what you will about the capital markets, but the way that investors react to important news...
View ArticleBP’s new outrage: We can’t pay because oil is too cheap
Every time that I hear or read about what the folks at BP are up to lately, I have the same thought: Can you believe these guys? Forget -- if you can, for one minute -- that these are the people whose...
View Article“The people who live along the Gulf Coast know the truth”
It was gratifying to see that the editorial board of the New Orleans Times-Picayune has picked up on the issue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its treachery against the small- and mid-sized...
View ArticleThe revolt against the U.S. Chamber’s stunning betrayal of Main Street America
It's an idea that boggles the mind: America's largest, most powerful and best-known business organization siding AGAINST tens of thousands of its own members -- small- and mid-sized business owners in...
View ArticleSlammed twice by BP, shipper says “I’m not going to give up”
Earlier this summer, I told you about an outrageous breech of promise by BP -- how the oil giant was abruptly closing down an internal-claims program that was intended to help business owners who...
View ArticleBP steps up its war against the citizens on the Gulf Coast
Throughout 2014, BP has shown us its true colors, again and again. The "friendly, community-oriented company" that the British oil giant spent hundreds of millions of dollars depicting in its slick...
View ArticleIn-depth: BP’s callous disregard for the Gulf and its people
This is the third and final installment in my in-depth report on how the Gulf is still suffering from the impact of BP's recklessness. You can read the first two parts of the series here and here:...
View ArticleBP outrageously breaks another promise to the people of the Gulf
Over the last few months, I've watched in amazement as BP has spent untold millions of dollars on lawyers, on expensive full-page advertisements in America's leading newspapers, and on other media all...
View ArticleMore on how ’60 Minutes’ whitewashed BP
Earlier this week, I told you how the most important story regarding BP and the Gulf of Mexico -- its ongoing degradation of that precious natural resource, from the tar balls that assault our beaches...
View ArticleThe other side of the BP story in the Gulf
A lot of people are talking about a story that aired Sunday night on the popular CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes" about BP and the 2010 Gulf oil spill. In essence, the story was an opportunity for...
View ArticleEnvironmental Must-Reads – May 5, 2014
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
View ArticleWhen the U.S. Chamber of Commerce isn’t representing commerce…or the U.S.
On one hand, it should come as no surprise that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to enter the dispute over the BP's multi-billion dollar settlement with residents and small business owners on the...
View ArticleBP wants us to forget — even as oil from Exxon’s spill in 1989 is still...
A few of you may not remember 1989 very well, but I do. America was experiencing the first few months of the George Bush presidency -- not the son but the father, George H.W. Bush. The B-52s and "Love...
View ArticleBP’s desperate, pathetic attack
There's a new stench hovering over the Gulf Coast, and once again BP is responsible. This time, however, it is the sour smell of desperation. I've told you several times in recent months that BP --...
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This BP oil pollution isn’t from 2010. It’s from Tuesday.
The calendar just flipped over to 2014 -- that means that it won't be long until April, and the 4th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. A lot has happened since then...
View ArticleOutrageous BP seeking to welch on settlement
BP has got to be the most un-self-aware company in the history of global capitalism. The recent criminal trial in federal court here in New Orleans exposed the very worst of the British oil giant's...
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