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BP Continues to Apply Toxic Dispersant
The head of the EPA has criticized BP's response on the use of oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico disaster. BP argues that despite an EPA order to switch to a less toxic dispersant, the product being used, Corexit, is the best option.
Inform Your Opinion on Arizona's New Law By Reading It First
Plenty of people, including some in the Obama administration, have taken sides on Arizona's new immigration law without having read it. The full text is posted online, along with notes from a law professor.
ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten on How the EPA Could Sanction BP
In this week’s podcast, we bring Abrahm Lustgarten back to share more of his reporting on the BP/Gulf oil spill.
BP Resists EPA's Order to Use Less Toxic Dispersant
With oil still flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP says it will keep using a dispersant that has been linked to health problems. Now the government is warning that it could push BP aside in the effort to solve the problem.
ProPublica Reporters Discuss Their Latest Reports
ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten will be on CNBC to discuss his BP articles and Dafna Linzer was on WNYC talking about her reporting on the would-be Times Square bombing.
Coast Guard Flagged Potential Problems With Spill Response in 2004
Coast Guard officials have known for years about potential problems with federal and industry response to an oil spill, the Alabama Press-Register reported, and the Deepwater Horizon may have had less scrutiny because it was registered under the Marshall Islands.
Times Square Bombing Investigation Focuses on Suspected Role of Pakistani Army Major
U.S. investigators are looking into whether a major in Pakistan’s army knew of Faisal Shahzad’s plans to attack U.S. targets months before Shahzad tried to ignite a car bomb in the heart of New York City. Pakistani officials have arrested the major.
BP: Oil Flow "Might Be a Little More" Than Earlier Estimate
BP says it's collecting about the same amount of oil as it had earlier said was spilling into the Gulf, acknowledging, at least obliquely, that its earlier numbers were off. The company insists there is no reliable way to measure the flow.
After Approving Toxic Dispersants, EPA Orders BP to Use Less Toxic Ones
The EPA has given BP 24 hours to choose less toxic dispersants to apply to the Gulf oil spill, a published report says. The products being used appear to be more toxic and less effective than other approved dispersants.
While BP's Oil Gushes, Company Keeps Information to a Trickle
BP has been tightly restricting public access to details about the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. And in some cases, the federal government has deferred to the oil company when asked for information.
Chase Leaves Thousands Stuck in Loan Mod Limbo
New data show that Chase has the most homeowners who have waited more than six months for a final answer on whether they’ll get a permanent mortgage modification. Trial modifications are supposed to last only three months.
In Gulf Spill, BP Using Dispersants Banned in U.K.
The oil dispersants that BP is using after the Deepwater Horizon disaster are more toxic than other such products, EPA data indicate. The dispersants have not been allowed in Britain for more than a decade.
Loan Mod Logjam Continues for 265,000 Homeowners; Failures Jump
Many homeowners who have started in the government's mortgage modification program have been stuck in trials longer than six months. And nearly as many have been dropped from the program as have received permanent mods.
