VW lawyers up with firm that defended BP
Volkswagen has hired the law firm that defended BP during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for the automaker's aid in the diesel emissions scandal.
Deepwater Horizon
Two years after BP spill Gulf seafood has disgusting deformities
What was that about reducing our need for oil?
New worries emerge that BP is leaking oil into the Gulf again
Remember the Deepwater Horizon, the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year and leaked untold thousands of gallons of oil and tar balls? Of course you do. Well, things might not be as finished there as the recent news silence would suggest. With the federal government still trying to Restore The Gulf, reports are coming in
Shell trying to convince Obama to let it drill for oil in Alaskan waters
Later this week, Shell Oil will present its ambitious oil-drilling proposal to the U.S. government, seeking permission to drill ten exploratory oil wells in Alaskan waters. The ice-clogged Arctic region is thought to have vast oil reserves.
