On the surface it may look like BP and the Obama administration are having some bad oil days. Rust-colored oil that…
Serving a Corporate Criminal Culture
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has released a devastating ad against President Obama’s handling of the BP oil spill vs…
~ Why Does BP Get to Make The Rules?
If I am in a collision with another vehicle, regardless of my level of fault or innocence, I do not…
~ Oil Spill Meets Loop Current
Strange how everyone’s worse case scenarios seems to be turning into the most likely case scenarios. It’s hard not to…
~ First You Laugh, Then You Cry
Yesterday oil industry executives from BP, Halliburton, and Transocean were on Capital Hill to give Senate testimony on what happened…
~ BP and the Art of ‘Just Business’ Practices for Profit Containment
Friday night, the containment box that was the best hope for slowing down and funneling oil from BP’s Deepwater well…
~ Sometimes, One Graph Says It All
In the debate over April’s 290,000 jobs added VS April’s increase in the unemployment rate to 9.9 percent (which some claim…
~ The Flood You May Have Missed
A weekend storm that dumped fifteen inches of rain in 48 hours has left Nashville and middle Tennessee devastated by…
More Oil, The Gulf Stream, Liability Caps and Environmental Exceptions
Have we created The Perfect Oil Storm? Don’t get me wrong, I’m an optimist by nature and a firm believer that…
Words Failed
Growing up as a city girl in the midwest, my introduction to and early education about crude oil and its…