Drilling could resume under new safety rules, task force says
“The BPC’s report offers a sophisticated consideration of the management of risk, the safety case approach adopted by the UK after the Piper Alpha spill in 1989, the essential requirements of a safety...
View ArticleEPA regulation of greenhouse gases: Survey says ‘yes’
Most voters want the U.S. to regulate greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. They also say the government needs to do more to crack down on companies that pollute, according to a new survey done...
View ArticleHouston Democrat Gene Green challenges delays on shallow-water drilling
A bipartisan group of 37 House members led by Houston Democrat Gene Green and Louisiana Republican Charles Boustany is asking the Obama administration for the second time in three months to issue new...
View ArticleRule aims to cut down on revolving door between drilling inspectors, industry
The Obama administration just imposed a first-of-its-kind recusal policy on federal drilling regulators in a bid to put greater distance between inspectors and the offshore platforms and rigs they police.
View ArticleBP spends $1 million a day to ‘make it right’
BP spent nearly $100 million on advertising designed to buff up the company's image and reassure people the company would "make it right" in the three months following the April 20 explosion of the...
View ArticleAnalysis: Oil spill disappears as a political issue
Four months ago, when oil was still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and television networks were streaming pictures of crude-covered birds, it seemed inevitable that the oil spill would wash into...
View ArticleAnalysis: Oil spill disappears as a political issue
Four months ago, when oil was still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and television networks were streaming pictures of crude-covered birds, it seemed inevitable that the oil spill would wash into...
View ArticleHouston forum planned on drilling ban, rules
Energy industry leaders are expected to take aim at new offshore drilling rules, slower federal permitting of wells and the just-lifted moratorium on deep-water exploration during a forum in Houston on...
View ArticleWorld’s biggest solar project gets federal go-ahead
The Obama administration signed off on a plan Monday to build a solar power plant that is slated to be the largest in the world by the time it starts up in 2013. The Interior Department's permit...
View ArticleBarton’s energy committee colleagues fuel his bid for chairman
Rep. Joe Barton got a big boost this morning in his quest to take hold of the gavel and lead the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee next year, when eight of the panel's Republicans endorsed...
View ArticleAnalysis: Oil spill disappears as a political issue
Four months ago, when oil was still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and television networks were streaming pictures of crude-covered birds, it seemed inevitable that the oil spill would wash into...
View ArticleAnalysis: Oil spill disappears as a political issue
Four months ago, when oil was still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and television networks were streaming pictures of crude-covered birds, it seemed inevitable that the oil spill would wash into...
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