Energy Issues
What's your opinion on vacationing in the Gulf area this summer?
Posted on June 8, 2010, at 3:33 PMTake our reader poll: Urging tourists to visit, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour said the media is overstating the oil spill. Would you holiday in the Gulf?
Should we euthanize oil-soaked birds?
Posted on June 8, 2010, at 10:32 AMCertain animal biologists say that very few sea birds survive an oil bath, even if they're captured and cleaned. Is it kinder just to kill them?
Hate BP? Then buy stock in 'em
Posted on June 8, 2010, at 9:56 AMIt's better to invest in companies you hate, such as BP, says Dilbert creator Scott Adams in the WSJ. And it's time to feel good about it
How BP is controlling Google results
Posted on June 7, 2010, at 12:15 PMWhen you search for information about the Gulf oil spill, BP wants you to see their side of the story first — and they're paying up to make that happen
7 most controversial U.S. presidential commissions
Posted on June 4, 2010, at 1:03 PMObama's panel on the BP oil spill is already generating backlash. If the outcry against previous such commissions is any indication, there's a lot more to come
Prediction: The BP spill will reach the East Coast
Posted on June 4, 2010, at 12:15 PMA new computer model shows the Gulf oil slick spreading up the Eastern Seaboard this summer. See the four-month projection here
James Cameron vs. BP
Posted on June 4, 2010, at 11:07 AMThe Oscar-winning director has called BP "morons" for spurning his aquatics know-how. Is the auteur just blustering or could he actually help plug the spill?
Nuke the oil spill?
Posted on June 3, 2010, at 1:01 PMSome scientists are urging Obama to break out the nuclear weapons and bomb the gushing BP oil well into submission. Is that crazy?
What's your opinion on the oil-spill 'nuclear option'?
Posted on June 3, 2010, at 12:25 PMTake our reader poll: The Soviets used underground nuclear explosions several times to plug leaking gas lines (see video). Should Obama consider nuking BP's gushing oil well?
New BP spill worst-case scenario: Oil till Christmas?
Posted on June 3, 2010, at 12:07 PMBP fumbled its latest effort to stanch the gushing Gulf spill. What happens if it just can't stop the leak?
Obama's clean-energy speech: Convincing?
Posted on June 3, 2010, at 10:23 AMWas Obama's new attack on America's "fossil-fuel addiction" a persuasive argument for clean energy, or just post-spill political spin?
BP CEO: His 'unbelievably callous' remark
Posted on June 2, 2010, at 3:55 PMBP's Tony Hayward says he wants his life back — but, in the wake of so much death and destruction, commentators don't find the plea particulary moving
BP spill: Is it the right time for Obama's criminal inquiry?
Posted on June 2, 2010, at 10:10 AMThe Obama administration is scouring the BP oil spill for clues of a crime, but some commentators argue that an investigation is just a distraction
What's your opinion on BP's likely losses?
Posted on June 1, 2010, at 3:42 PMTake our reader poll: How much do you predict BP will be financially penalized for its role in the Gulf oil spill?
BP spill: Obama's 'Iran hostage crisis'?
Posted on June 1, 2010, at 10:26 AMAs the Gulf disaster threatens to become a months-long crisis, pundits who'd been calling it "Obama's Katrina" are embracing a new analogy
BP spill: What happens if the oil gushes until August?
Posted on May 31, 2010, at 12:10 PMWith the "top kill" plan scrapped, there's no quick end in sight to the Gulf oil spill. What happens now?
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