Why Won’t the GOP Criticize BP?
Flickr/talkradionews First published at MotherJones.com. Elected Democrats haven’t been shy about slamming BP for the horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Last month, Senate majority leader Harry Reid emotionally declared on the Senate floor that the oil company’s “greed led to 11 horrific and unnecessary deaths. It has harmed an enormous tourism industry, threatened business at countless fisheries and disrupted life for many along the Gulf Coast. As the... Read More
The fate of mountaintop mining removal heads for Capitol Hill
I’ve been blogging mostly for my new employer, Mother Jones magazine. Here’s a recent post about the upcoming Senate hearing on mountaintop removal mining practices and whether they’re soon to be banned by the government. *** MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL’S FATE HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL On Wednesday afternoon, lawmakers in Washington, DC, will finally take up the fate ofmountaintop removal mining, a type of surface mining that levels the summits of mountains to expose... Read More
