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The World

Listeners respond: should BP’s CEO resign?

Environment

It’s been 50 days since oil began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Takeaway listeners have a lot to say on BP’s mistakes and whether, as President Obama suggested, the company’s CEO should be fired.

The World

Oil spill: a farewell to the Gulf coast’s lifestyle?

Environment

Research Update on the Impact of BP Oil Spill

BP Pleads Guilty

BP Fined $4.5 Billion Over 2010 Spill, the Largest Settlement in U.S. History

BP & The Trial of the Century

The most complicated environmental trial in history is about to get underway to determine who’s at fault and what share of the responsibility belongs to the players in the BP oil spill.

A Tale of Two Bosses

Global Politics

The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on two bosses, one lauded, the other pilloried. Australian businessman Ken Grenda has awarded his employees generous bonuses. The other, Fred Goodwin, has been stripped of his knighthood.

BP & The Trial of the Century

The most complicated environmental trial in history is about to get underway to determine who’s at fault and what share of the responsibility belongs to the players in the BP oil spill.

The World

Coal and Oil Shape Cultural Stereotypes

The oil patch of the Gulf Coast and the coalfields of West Virginia paused this month to mark one year since two deadly disasters —BP’s oil spill and Massey Energy’s mine explosion. Two writers from those regions, Ken Wells and Denise Giardina, explain the impact coal and oil have had on the land and culture of their home states.

Kenneth Feinberg on Gulf Coast Claims Process, One Year After Spill

Environment

Today marks one year since the Deepwater oil rig exploded, leaking oil into the Gulf. More than half a million people say that BP owes them money, and many of them say the compensation process is unfair and is taking too long.