Interesting enough, the Deepwater Horizon—which exploded and caught fire on April 20th, triggering a catastrophic oil spill off the Gulf Coast—was not operating under the American flag, but under what is known as a “flag of convenience” from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a small group of islands in the South Pacific. Just like [...]

Over two weeks ago the government put an estimate on the size of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: 5,000 barrels—or 210,000 gallons—a day. The number was chanted over and over by the government, the media and British Petroleum. However, scientists now claim that the size of the spill was grossly underestimated and could [...]

Hearings are being held to determine exactly happened on the Deepwater Horizon that triggered the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Thus far, things have not been looking good for British Petroleum. According to the CBS Evening News, the committee found that the oil well’s blowout preventer, a fail safe measure that failed to work, had design flaws, [...]

It’s hard to believe that we’re so far into this oil spill and BP has yet to stop it. I know there’s been plenty of finger-pointing going on in Washington because none of these companies want to take responsibility for what they’ve caused. Even worse, British Petroleum has been fighting to keep details on the [...]