Author: Damian Hendricks

The company that owns the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig argued in federal court Tuesday that plaintiffs should not begin collecting evidence and testimony on the Gulf oil spill until the November deadline for claimants to file suit. Transocean Ltd. made it’s arguments in Houston after the federal court there accepted the company’s petition to limit it’s liability in the oil spill to less than $27 million, the amount the company says the sunken rig is worth. U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison made no rulings Tuesday, but he scheduled two more court dates for early June, noting he wants to...

There is increased heat on the White House to do more about the Gulf oil spill, with Senator Nelson saying that it’s time for Obama and the military to step it up on the oil spill. But with the oil industry and the government sharing such a cozy relationship – to the point where the government allowed BP to write its own evaluations – is it even possible for the government to do anything? Mike Papantonio appeared on The Thom Hartmann Program to talk about what could possibly be...

There is increased heat on the White House to do more about the Gulf oil spill, with Senator Nelson saying that it’s time for Obama and the military to step it up on the oil spill. But with the oil industry and the government sharing such a cozy relationship – to the point where the government allowed BP to write its own evaluations – is it even possible for the government to do anything? Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC’s The Ed Show to talk about what could possibly be...

Will BP’s oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico ever stop? According to some experts, the answer to that question is “no,” and based on what we’ve seen from BP, they don’t seem to be getting any closer to stopping it either. Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC’s Hardball to discuss the latest developments in the case, and we’ll find out why Ken Salazar is still letting BP call the...

Ken Salazar is threatening BP by telling them that if they don’t get their act together, he might be forced to take control of the oil spill disaster that they’ve caused. However, given Salazar’s history as a man who consistently fought for the rights of oil and gas companies, that seems highly unlikely. Mike Papantonio appears on GritTV with Laura Flanders to tell us why Ken Salazar is just another worthless political...