All posts tagged "Oil Disasters"

US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar raised expectations Thursday of what he cast as BP's make-or-break attempt to contain the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill by filling a ruptured well with mud.

Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) are set to unveil a comprehensive energy and climate change bill in the Senate Wednesday, but a lauded expert on the issue warned that the measure won't pass this year without forceful leadership from President Barack Obama – and would likely be a nonstarter in the next Congress.