OIL/ENERGY POLICY
Offshore lease sale set for December
"The Department of Interior says it has set a December date for the next Gulf offshore oil and natural gas lease sale -- the first such sale since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and BP oil spill."
Ready for another Gulf oil disaster?
Oil & gas industry spills happen "all the time"
"Everyday there's numerous releases happening throughout just this country," said oil and gas safety expert Mike Sawyer. "Sometimes every couple of hours there's a new incident."
Skytruth Alert: Fire Reported in Gulf of Mexico Near BP and Shell's Na Kika Offshore Drilling Site 2011-11-10
Drowning in Oil: The BP Spill through a Sustainability Lens
"Following the disaster at the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, Steffy decided to chronicle what occurred with BP's facilities in his most recent book, Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit. The book is a chilling account of events and people's decisions leading up to the catastrophic events of April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico."
ALASKA
Oil companies need rules before drilling
LOUISIANA
Oil-spill cleanup continues at beach
"At Fourchon, tar balls continue to wash up on the beach every day from oil buried in the surf... [...] To be considered clean, Fourchon Beach must have less than 1 percent distribution of oil and oiled debris, Edwards said."
VIRGINIA
A good call: Blocking drilling off Virginia's coast (LTE)
BRAZIL
