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May 6, 2021
Kate Aronoff
BP’s Suspicious Support for a Carbon Market in Washington State
The oil giant owns a carbon sequestration company that could benefit from the law, allowing BP to play both sides of the emissions ledger.
August 6, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The Real Reason BP Is Getting Greener
For fossil fuel companies like BP, Exxon, and Shell, slashing production is good business.
June 6, 2020
Kate Aronoff
BP Is Not Woke. It’s an Imperialist Success Story.
The history of fossil fuels is a history of extortion and injustice.
January 11, 2018
Sharon Zhang
The real resistance to offshore drilling might come from oil companies.
January 4, 2018
Emily Atkin
Trump’s offshore drilling policies put every coastal community in America at risk.
December 26, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump might love oil even more than coal.
April 19, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Is Offshore Drilling Any Safer?
October 22, 2014
Rebecca Leber
BP Didn't Ruin the Gulf, Writes a Politico Contributor Paid by BP
June 22, 2012
Jake Tapper
The Snoozeroom
April 21, 2012
Nick Robins-Early, Perry Stein, Eric Wen
Slideshow: The Animals Still Suffering From the BP Oil Spill
March 15, 2012
Nathan Pippenger
The Odd Couple: How Two Wildly Different Congressmen Made Peace Over Privacy
May 19, 2011
The Editors
Waste of Energy
April 22, 2011
Michael Fitzgerald
Earth Day: The BP Oil Spill's Long-Term Damage
April 21, 2011
Bradford Plumer
Blame Game
March 16, 2011
John B. Judis
Man Versus Wild
December 15, 2010
Alexander C. Hart
The Easiest Way To Make $50 Million
July 27, 2010
Bradford Plumer
Senate Energy Bill Drops--And Electric Cars Get A Surprise Jolt
July 6, 2010
Bradford Plumer
Morning-After Drill
June 24, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Rand Paul On BP
June 21, 2010
Martin Peretz
BP And Our Kick-Ass President

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