Even as oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, federal regulators signed off on a new oil well to be drilled a mere 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana.
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Top 10 Satirical Twitter Feeds
Verified accounts are no fun. The real Twitter winners are the satirical rip-offs, lambasting everyone from Israel to director-who-likes-explosions Michael Bay. Here’s a list of our favorites.
Video: Jon Stewart Blasts BP Over Oil Spill
Welcome back, Jon. You picked an eventful couple of weeks to be on vacation.
Will a Celebrity Stop the Oil Spill?
Natural disasters tend to bring out the socially-minded celebrities, but the Gulf Oil Spill has truly taken the cake in forging an unlikely A-list (or is it B-list) alliance. Just think Waterworld meets Avatar, meets Bio-Dome.
Feds Launch Criminal Probe into Gulf Oil Spill
The oil spill cleanup has a new force entering the cleanup conversation: the Justice Department.
BP Trying Dome to Cap Leak — Again
We’ve come full circle: BP is back to trying something that didn’t work the first time in a desperate attempt to rein in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, now in its sixth week.
Photos: History’s Gigantic Oil Spills
While the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now one of the worst in U.S. history, it is still dwarfed by others worldwide. Here’s a look back at some of the largest oil spills from days past.
Bill Nye Explains the Oil Spill
Who better to guide us through the environmental impact of the oil spill and the cleanup effort than The Science Guy? Bill Nye held court at The Washington Post this weekend, taking questions from readers about the BP oil spill. …
“Top Kill” Effort Unsuccessful, Says BP
After three days of observation, BP has concluded that its latest effort to stop the massive undersea oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has failed, a company representative said Saturday.
Spill Cam: Where to Watch the Oil Spill Online
Ahh, Memorial Day weekend. Nothing like catching the early summer smash: Top Kill.
Internet Gives BP a Snarky New Logo
The U.K. arm of the environmental group Greenpeace started a logo redesign contest for BP in the wake of the company’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The results? Predictably passive aggressive.
Quotes: Oil Spill Effects on Hurricane Development
“The problem is that this is a man-made experiment we wish we hadn’t made,”
— JENNI EVANS, a professor of meteorology from Penn State University, on what would happen if a hurricane strikes oil-laden waters in the Gulf of …