Is Carly Fiorina Really Sarah Palin?
'I support offshore drilling.' With this position, Carly Fiorina is falling in line with her 'Drill, Baby, Drill' comrades and continues her work to become the Sarah Palin of California.In the latest video from Brave New Films, Carly shows us her history of supporting those who want to drill in ...
Senate Democrats abandon comprehensive energy bill
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats on Thursday gave up plans to attempt to pass an energy bill that caps greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, abandoning a priority of President Barack Obama.Obama had hoped to add a climate bill to the two biggest legislative successes of his presidency, a comprehensive health ...
Rare 1970s BP board game promises oil 'thrills' comes back to haunt them
They were trouble-free times when oil barons were dining out with rich sheikhs and counting their profits.But little did they know their drilling exploits would come back to haunt them.Up to four would-be tycoons can compete at exploring for oil, building platforms and laying pipelines to their home countries.But BP ...
Judge blocks Gulf offshore drilling moratorium
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.The White House says President Barack Obama's administration will appeal.Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other services to ...
Obama: Drilling moratorium is necessary
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he understands the difficulties stemming from a six-month moratorium on new permits for deepwater drilling but tells the nation that he has to ensure the safety of those who work on the oil rigs at sea.Obama on Tuesday said he had proposed expanded offshore ...
About 50 people protest against BP in Delray Beach
DELRAY BEACH — The photographer readies his camera, then readies the crowd.Ready? Ready."Say BP sucks," he shouts."BP sucks!"Click.With that, the crowd goes home. It has been a good vigil.About 40 to 50 people gathered at the beach Tuesday evening because of the oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. They ...
Poll: Americans Shift From Pro-Energy To Pro-Environment During Gulf Spill
When it comes to making environmental policy in the wake of the massive oil spill in the Gulf, Americans appear ready to embrace that old political adage, "let no crisis go to waste."According to a new poll from Gallup out this afternoon, "preferences for prioritizing between environmental protection and energy ...
Exxon CEO defends offshore drilling
DALLAS -- In the wake of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, government policymakers should not automatically "jump to conclusions" that changes in offshore drilling procedures and regulations are needed, Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson said Wednesday."There have been very effective procedures in place," he said. ...
Scientists: Gulf spill far bigger than Valdez
COVINGTON, La. - An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working, officials said Thursday, but new estimates showed the spill has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history.A team of scientists trying to determine how much ...
BP still important for US despite oil spill: chairman
LONDON – BP's chairman insisted Tuesday the British energy group remained an "important company for the US" despite the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in comments to a newspaper."The US is a big and important market for BP, and BP is also a big and important company for the ...
Sen. Inhofe Blocks Vote On Eliminating Spill Liability Cap
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.) blocked an effort by a handful of Democrats Tuesday to establish an unlimited cap on damage claims that BP PLC and other companies would have to pay for spills, such as the one in the Gulf of Mexico. The Republican said that eliminating ...
Cap on oil spill damages under fire
NEW YORK -- Lawmakers tore in to administration officials Tuesday, saying the law that may limit BP's liability for economic damages to $75 million needs to be changed retroactively."A year from now the TV cameras will not be there, and some fisherman will go try to get damages from BP, ...
Bad cement work now found in many offshore rigs, contributed to BP oil spill
The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement — suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster — has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an Associated Press investigation. Yet federal regulators give drillers a free hand in this ...
Oil soaks into the Louisiana bayou as BP admits leak may be heavier than first revealed
The worst fears of people in Louisiana happened Thursday as crude oil began oozing into fragile marshlands, and BP conceded for the first time that more fuel was leaking into the Gulf of Mexico than previously estimated."The day that we have all been fearing is upon us today," Louisiana Governor ...
Low oil spill estimate could save BP millions in court, experts say
BP's estimate that only 5,000 barrels of oil are leaking daily from a well in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Obama administration hasn't disputed, could save the company millions of dollars in damages when the financial impact of the spill is resolved in court, legal experts say.A month after ...
Whistleblower Sues to Stop Another BP Rig From Operating
A whistleblower filed a lawsuit today to force the federal government to halt operations at another massive BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, alleging that BP never reviewed critical engineering designs for the operation and is therefore risking another catastrophic accident that could "dwarf" the company's Deepwater Horizon ...
Protesters stage mock oil spill on Tybee Island
Thirty protesters gathered around a mock oil spill on Tybee's beach Friday to tell BP to clean up the Gulf Coast and to call for an end to plans for offshore drilling that could threaten Georgia's shores.Standing on black fabric laid on the beach to simulate oil, the Rev. Charles ...
Senators want offshore drilling on West Coast banned forever
WASHINGTON — Six West Coast senators instroduced legislation Thursday that would ban permanently new oil-and-gas drilling off of the California, Oregon and Washington state coasts.Citing the catastrophic blowout now fouling the Gulf of Mexico, the six Democratic lawmakers called for making permanent what has been a long-standing moratorium on new ...
Lawyers say Gulf rig workers coerced
Workers aboard an exploding offshore drilling platform were told to sign statements denying they were hurt or witnessed the blast that rocked the rig, killed 11 and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the ocean, their attorneys said Tuesday.Swiss-based Transocean Ltd denied the allegations late Tuesday. All decisions aboard ...
Transocean Seeks To Limit Liability For Oil Rig Blast
The company that owns the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig said Thursday that it planned to petition a federal court in Houston to cap its overall liability from the incident at less than $27 million. A spokesman for the Swiss company said the company will cite an 1851 law that says ...
FIRST VIDEO RELEASED: Oil Spewing from Offshore Drilling Rig 5,000 Feet Deep in the Gulf of Mexico
100511-G-0000X-001 Crater Plume GassingROBERT, La. -- Oil and gas stream from the riser of the Deepwater Horizon well May 11, 2010. This video is from the larger of two existing leaks on the riser. This leak is located approximately 460 feet from the top of the blowout preventer and rests ...
Clearing the Air in the Senate
As corporate CEOs and environmentalists stood beside them, Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman unveiled their long-awaited climate-change bill at a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday afternoon. Missing was Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who had worked with the two New Englanders on the bill until a few ...
Republican Scott says he would support offshore drilling as governor
Rick Scott, the Republican flooding TV airwaves in Florida, said today that he would oppose a constitutional ban on offshore drilling that Gov. Charlie Crist wants lawmakers to put on the November ballot. “We need to protect our beaches, break our dependency on foreign oil and hold oil companies accountable ...
Vote on banning offshore drilling, Crist says
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday Floridians should vote on banning offshore oil drilling but legislative leaders accused him of trying to slide into the U.S. Senate on the BP oil spill."I think it's important that we go ahead and have a special session . . . to put ...
Dead dolphins found on Gulf Coast; oil role unclear
HORN ISLAND, Miss. — Federal wildlife officials are treating the deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related, though other factors may be to blame.Blair Mase of the National Marine Fisheries Service said Tuesday the carcasses have all been found in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama since May 2. ...
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June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
'The East'
Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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