Oil Production and Refining

Elemental Ushers in Pollution Porn

New Yorkers Still Slightly in Favor of Fracking Even as More Shady "Studies" Emerge

New Yorkers believe that the economic benefits of drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale outweigh the risk of potentially harmful environmental repercussions, according to today's Quinnipiac University Poll. The poll finds that 44 percent of New Yorkers think the economic pros of hydrauli ... More >>

Gasland

Hydraulic Fracturing: Can Environmental Regulators Handle a Fracking Boom? (UPDATE)

Can New York's environmental regulators keep up with fracking? This is the question raised in a report recently published by Earthworks, a group that monitors the petroleum and mining industries. Earthworks' new accountability project charges that New York's Department of Environmental Conservati ... More >>

Will Fracking Spread Across America?

The Prez has hardly made it a secret that he supports fracking as part of his push for domestic oil and natural gas development, with the Obama administration announcing last week that it plans on setting environmental standards for hydraulic fracturing. And what happens in D.C. does not stay in D ... More >>

HYDROFRACK OFF

The pros and cons of the practice

Department of Environmental Protection Clarifies Fracking E-Mail (UPDATE)

Mayor Mike Bloomberg has had his share of public reservations about hydrofracking, urging government honchos to keep drilling far from NYC's water. The City's environmental agency is on board, too. But a strange little newsletter released this afternoon from the Department of Environmental Protect ... More >>

Transocean, Firm Behind Exploding Gulf Rig, Gives Execs Bonuses for 'Best Safety Year'

The explosion of Deepwater Horizon​As we head toward the one-year anniversary of the start of the BP spill in the Gulf (that was April 20, 2010, in case you've forgotten), it's almost as though we've completely forgotten about that old oil spill in the Gulf. Out of sight, out of mind! BP is pe ... More >>

BP Wants to Get Back to Drilling in Gulf Of Mexico

​BP is petitioning U.S. regulators to continue drilling in the Gulf of Mexico less than a year after the massive oil spill that killed 11 workers and caused massive environmental damage. The deal would be that BP would be able to resume pre-existing drilling operations in the Gulf in exchange for ... More >>

The Case Against Fracking in Gasland

Update: Another Oil Rig Explodes in the Gulf

via WAFB​Not even kidding, though we wish we were. An offshore oil rig owned by Mariner Energy exploded this morning west of the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, about 80 miles south of Vermillion Bay along the central Louisiana coast. Update: CNN reports that according to Louisian ... More >>

BP Chief Tony Hayward is Attending a Yacht Race; Now Everyone's Really Mad

​For Tony Hayward, after dealing with the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history every day for 60 days, it's vacation time. He's currently attending a yacht race around England's Isle of Wight, where his 52-foot boat named "Bob" is participating. "He's spending a few hours with his family ... More >>

Scott Stringer, Working Families Circulate Petition Opposing Drilling That Could Poison New York's Drinking Water

More refreshing without the natural gas drilling.​While oil drilling has made a sorry wreck of the Gulf coast, another kind of drilling could threaten New York's water supply.

The Other Gulf Oil Rig Quietly Spilling Right Now: Explained and Exposed

​Here's a strange one: a filing by Ben Raines at the Alabama Press-Register on Monday evening shows up online with a headline announcing "Another Gulf oil spill: Well near Deepwater Horizon has leaked since at least April 30." Some bloggers may have noted it. But why aren't we hearing anything ... More >>

Sarah Palin Blames Obama/BP Connection for Slow Oil Spill Response; BP to Attempt to Plug Well with Mud

​Since we're all pointing fingers and naming names with regard to whose fault the BP spill really was, why wouldn't Sarah Palin jump in the ring? On Fox News Sunday, the former Republican candidate for VP said, "I don't know why the question isn't asked by the mainstream media and by others ... More >>

The BP Oil Spill Disaster: A One-Act Play (Or "Coast of Dystopia")

​Maybe you've heard about this minor "Whoopsie" that happened off the Gulf of Mexico, wherein an offshore oil rig owned by BP leaked, and kept leaking, and kept leaking, and is still leaking. And is still leaking. And is still leaking. And is now the size of Connecticut. And is still leaking. ... More >>

Obama Proposes Offshore Drilling for Bubblin' Crude; Clampetts and Kin Rejoice

​The Atlantic coastline may soon be up for grabs (along with the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska) for oil and gas drilling. The Obama administration proposed today that the areas be opened "to reduce dependence on oil imports, generate revenue from the sale of offshore lea ... More >>

EPA warns about oil drilling in NYC watershed

​The EPA is warning the state Department of Environmental Conservation that they need to do a lot more homework before they finalize the rules for natural gas drilling in the city's upstate watershed.

Another Creepy Story About the Threat to New Yorkers' Drinking Water

You know the drill: Companies eye the potentially lucrative Marcellus Shale, while New York City worries about the safety of its upstate watershed.A creepy new development related to possible hazards to New York City's drinking water comes courtesy of an upstate woman. Laurie Lygle allowed a natural ... More >>

City challenges state over upstate oil drilling

Despite preliminary guidelines released by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which declined to ban natural gas drilling inside the New York City watershed, Acting New York City DEC Chair Steven Lawitts says that drilling for natural gas upstate could pollute water for 15 million pe ... More >>

Indiana Jones and the Lost Billions, starring Bernie Madoff as the Grinch

Daily Flog: Obama revs up his fiat, plans to run over Bush policies on stem cells, oil

The Book of Sarah (Palin)

Strafing the Palin record

Daily Flog: The Wall Street bear, the Capitol Hill bull; Kucinich irrelevant but his bailout plan isn't

13th District Candidates Have "Conversations" on WABC

A.M. 7-28-08: Big Oil Agitprop, Hamptons Gloom, Release the Hounds

Black Gold Vs. Corporate Gold

Black Gold Vs. Corporate Gold

Morning Report 2/1/06
Fill 'Er Up With Fear

Drilling in Alaska: The Big Picture

U.S. oil eyes northern riches beyond the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Any Profit in a Storm

Stormy weather allows big oil to practice a crude sort of blackmail

Pumping Us Dry

Katrina tragedy is an absolutely perfect storm for oil companies

George Bush’s Nuclear Dawn

President pushes oil, atoms in quixotic energy plan

Crude Behavior

China and Japan's latest beef; talk of fuel rationing gets serious

Bush Digs Dry Well in Alaska

Glut of right wingers, dearth of oil

Feeding-Tube Frenzy

The miracle of Capitol Hill tries to pump new life into the Christian right

Homeland Insecurity

The American empire goes for broke—and it could be heading that way

Oil Business Couldn't Be Better, Except For The People Who Use It

Go With the Flow

Bubbling, Crude Documents From Cheney

Nation

Bush to Cabinet: Yessir!

Big Oil Insiders Pull Prez Off Own Platform

Fits and Starts

Veep Hospitalized With Chest Pain, Just When Bush Gets Going

Nation

Nation

Clone Alone

Hillary Race Is Textbook Case