On August 4th 2010, the US government claimed that most of the oil that spilled in the Gulf of Mexico was “gone” and that only 26 percent remained. If the numbers are true – and most official reports so far have turned out to substantially
underestimate the amount of oil – then the presentation of this data is somewhere between wishful thinking and outright spin. The fact is that even this report acknowledges that no more than a quarter has been recovered. A bit more has evaporated, leaving somewhere between 3 and 4 million barrels of oil still in the Gulf and on the shorelines of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Oil that has been dispersed or dissolved is still out there, and still causing problems that are poorly understood but likely to be serious and often persistent.
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California’s dirty democrats exposed!
New bills are circulating framed as 'public safety' measures, but there is no evidence that they improve energy reliability or make communities safer.
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Day one executive orders are a return on investment for Big Oil
As we enter 2025 and this new political era, it is important to recognize the stark divisions of contemporary American life – ones that are not as simplistic or neatly…
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What to make of the Department of Energy’s new LNG analysis
Although this moment has come at the tail end of President Biden’s term, it comes as welcome news that the Department of Energy has finally released its updated analysis of…