Riki Ott: Seafood Safety and Politics Don’t Mix—Opening of Gulf Fisheries at Odds With Evidence of Harm

Eight days after returning home from his Gulf oil-spill response job, Jason Brashears has flashbacks of a scene that he witnessed one day in Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana: Thousands of fish gasping at the surface in a sea of foamy oil and dispersant.

Say it loud: I’m childfree and I’m proud | Grist

The ‘Marlboro Man’ Returns to Ruffle Green Feathers

He’s baaack!
You’ve all heard of Richard Pombo, right? For 14 years, he represented a real-life version of the smoke monster from Lost to environmentalists everywhere. The Tracy, CA cattle rancher was even given a cute nickname by President George W. Bush: “The Marlboro Man.” From 1993 to 2007 Pombo represented the 11th Congressional District, which [...]

US launches criminal investigation into BP oil spill

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 2 June 2010 at 14:44:00

Share price slumps further as US attorney general confirms investigation could result in criminal charges

The full scale of the legal and financial risks faced by BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill were hammered home last night when US attorney general Eric Holder confirmed…

Will Cameron take key climate finance role at UN talks?

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 2 June 2010 at 14:17:00

Announcement expected within the next week on whether David Cameron will replace Gordon Brown as co-chair of the UN advisory group on climate finance

An announcement is expected this week from UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on who will replace Gordon Brown as co-chair of the Advisory Group on Finance that has been tasked…