Cleaning Up BP Facts

"...horror of inmates working to clean up the oil spill. How terrible that imprisoned members of our society might..."

Aug. 25, 2010 Postmarks

UT-Designed Tech Could Revolutionize Oil Spill Cleanup

Researchers achieved over 99% oil-water separation

"...to combat the extreme environmental toll of major oil spills, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have..."

Sept. 6, 2023 News Post by Oscar Rodriguez

BPness: A Line in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 1.

"...what's happening on the coast during this insane oil spill tragedy...."

June 25, 2010 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...in April of 2010, causing the world's largest oil spill that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico for over..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.

"...learn firsthand about what's happening during this insane oil spill tragedy: Part two...."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The Great Invisible

Doc looks at the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the lives of residents in the Gulf area.

"...the Gulf Coast, making the disaster the worst offshore spill in the history of the United States. The discharge..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Seeing the Invisible

Margaret Brown dives headfirst into the BP Gulf oil tragedy

"...Batre, Ala., is there informing folks affected by the BP oil spill about an upcoming community meeting with an..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

News Roundup: Death and Lawsuits

Ken Paxton has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

"...an ethics complaint and a fraud investigation (from Houston!); BP agrees to pay damages to Gulf states for the..."

July 6, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

'Drill Baby Drill,' Still?

"...decade, even more so in the face of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an “accident” now..."

May 13, 2010 Postmarks

Black Gold Disco

Three local music benefits for the Gulf Coast

"...have finally been fixed, but the effects of the BP’s oil spill will linger for years to come. Here..."

July 23, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Page Two: The Never-Ending Story

Checking out of politics, checking in with the press

"...should be less government regulation. Since both the Gulf spill crisis and the economic collapse are largely due to..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

'The NFL Beat': Maslow's Hierarchy

True NFL team needs

"...Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a well-known theory of..."

July 20, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...spot-on – especially in the wake of this summer's BP spill – as is Jack Gladney's generational lament, "I..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Texas Waterways Are Too Polluted

"...eating the larger fish, and this was before the BP spill. How did it get this bad?..."

June 21, 2010 Postmarks

What We Talk About When We Talk About Debt

Jennifer Baichwal adapts to screen Margaret Atwood's ideas about indebtedness

"...Atwood's themes – the inter-family Albanian blood feud, the BP Gulf oil spill, the exploited Florida farmworkers – contained..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Luv Doc Recommends: Red Hot 2010

Oilcan's, Friday, July 16, 2010

"...and frumpy lesbian-style cargo shorts. So it is. Oil spills are ugly business. People want blood, even if they..."

July 16, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report

Marooned on BP Island; and Dems Cave on Disclosure

"...Marooned on BP Island..."

July 9, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...air, clean water, safe drinking water, hazardous waste, oil spill response. Our region is highly industrialized; it has a..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Hightower Report

Watch Out for Superweeds; and Let's Try Good Government

"...ironic justice, try this morsel: On the day that BP's Gulf oil rig blew up, seven of the corporation's..."

May 28, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's insane energy policy, Greenwashing on Earth Day, and the Washington Legal Foundation moves in on the White House

"...Heading the list of dishonorees is BP-Amoco, which launched a multimillion-dollar ad blitz last year to..."

April 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Photograph

Get ready for romance with this Valentine’s release about family secrets

"...Orleans and the impact of multiple hurricanes and the BP oil spill on the economy and culture. He starts..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Billion Dollar Tax Loophole; and Oil Spill Blame Game

"...bills like the rest of us Americans do. Oil Spill Blame Game..."

May 21, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

BPness: Louisiana's Beleaguered Coast

A snapshot of life since the spill

"...the outrage, toward both the U.S. government and the BP corporation, that has gripped this region and unsettled the..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

It's Nice To Car Share

The more hands on the wheel, the merrier

"...Highway 1 to witness the effects of the horrific BP oil spill, the folly of my own excess hit..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Hightower Report

Katrina Trailers Attack; and Averting the 'Long Depression'

"...as housing for workers involved in the cleanup of BP's oil disaster. Yes, many of the trailers still reek..."

July 23, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Safer Drilling? Whoda Thunk?

Perry's project seems too little, too late

"...three firms involved in the current disaster, Halliburton and BP North America, are based out of Houston, and the..."

July 6, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'At Any Price' and 'The East' Ask for Answers

Occupy Wall Street, capitalism, and SXSW Film

"...the film, which feature the consequences of an oil spill, the BP oil spill happened. Then, a week after..."

March 18, 2013 SXSW Post by Brandon Ney

Top 10 Environmental Stories

An oil spill and a water treatment plant top the list

"...1) BP'S BLOWOUT Although the Texas coast escaped relatively unscathed, the..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Point Austin: Catch-2010

The ledger on Barack Obama features plenty of black eyes and feathers

"...Even if they ever get it plugged, the BP Gulf spill will hover like a black cloud of..."

July 9, 2010 News Column by Michael King

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...Here’s the full spill:..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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