Aug 09 What Killed Obama’s Energy Bill Plans? Lawmakers have declared the chances of getting a major energy bill through this Congress all but dead. But the prospects for getting legislation addressing the problems of rising greenhouse gases actually began fading weeks ago. Continue reading
Aug 09 Internet Policy Experts React to Google/Verizon Regulation Proposal Google and Verizon released a joint set of principles for Internet regulation Monday that would enshrine some aspects of net neutrality principles in law, but would largely exempt the wireless Internet from regulation. We asked advocates and opponents of… Continue reading
Aug 09 Google and Verizon: Yes to Net Neutrality, But… The CEOs of Google and Verizon announced a joint set of net neutrality principles Monday that would enshrine in federal law the FCC's ability to regulate the Internet and enforce open access. The document primarily lays out proposed rules… Continue reading
Aug 09 Monday: Drilling to Resume on Oil Relief Well; Aid Group to Stay in Afghanistan After Killings Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday that cement forced down the top of BP's blown-out well last week has hardened enough so that workers can begin drilling the final 100 feet of the relief well and seal… Continue reading
Aug 06 In Louisiana, Journalists and Cleanup Crews Bake in the Heat By Tom Bearden If you're not used to it, the heat and humidity along the Gulf Coast can be devastating. I'm not used to it, despite having made eight trips to the Gulf since April 28. I live in Colorado, where the humidity… Continue reading
Aug 05 Would a Google-Verizon Deal Kill Net Neutrality? A report this morning says Google may be close to a deal with Verizon that would give the search giant preferred access on the service provider's networks. That news has open-Internet advocates worried and Web-watchers scratching their heads. The New… Continue reading
Aug 05 BP Begins Cementing Well in Final ‘Static Kill’ Step Updated 5:07 p.m. ET BP says it has finished pouring cement into the well. "Monitoring of the well is under way in order to confirm the effectiveness of the procedure," the company said in a statement. Updated 1:57 p.m. ET… Continue reading
Aug 05 Gulf Residents Ask: Will Promises Be Broken on the Oil Spill Response? By Tom Bearden A lot of people in south Louisiana think the rest of the country is about to abandon them. Again. On Wednesday, the U.S. government announced that most of the oil from the Macondo well blowout is already gone… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch Gulf Residents Wonder How Long BP, Government Will Stick Around for Cleanup The government reports that most of the leaked oil is gone from Gulf waters and shorelines, but there is now growing concern and questions on how long cleanup crews will be around. Tom Bearden reports from Venice, Louisiana. Continue watching
Aug 04 Almost 75% of Oil in Gulf Now Accounted For, Government Says By Lea Winerman Almost three-quarters of the oil that was released into the Gulf of Mexico during the nearly three-month-long Deepwater Horizon oil leak has been vacuumed up, burned, naturally biodegraded or dispersed in the water, according to a government report released… Continue reading