Chicago TribuneAmerica's oceans are open for oil drilling! But why not Lake Michigan?Chicago TribuneYet there's nothing in the Interior Department's plan to undo the current ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. This is a clear case o …

Washington PostWithout fanfare, oil companies just received a tax break on New Year's DayWashington PostCongressional Republicans allowed a tax on oil companies that generated hundreds of millions of dollars annually for federal oil-spill response effo …

AxiosTrump to auction off a vast swath of the Gulf of Mexico to oil companiesWashington PostThe Trump administration made history Tuesday in proposing that nearly 77 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico be made available for companies wanting to purchase fe …

Tampabay.comStudy: Dispersant used to clean 2010 BP oil spill harmed humansTampabay.comThe NIH study is the first to look at human health impacts of using dispersants to break up oil spills, a common oil industry approach to dealing with such disasters. Wi …

National Institutes of Health (press release)Gulf spill oil dispersants associated with health symptoms in cleanup workersNational Institutes of Health (press release)Workers who were likely exposed to dispersants while cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horiz …

Mercedes/Ferrari: Pouring oil on the fireF1i.comAhead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, the FIA sent out a note to all teams reminding them that burning engine oil as fuel was not allowed, following suspicions that some have been using a scheme to gene …

New York TimesTrump's Risky Offshore Oil Strategy - The New York TimesNew York TimesThe president's move to weaken safety on offshore drill rigs and expand drilling in the oceans threatens workers and beaches.Trump's Offshore Oil Push Risks Dis …

New York TimesTrump's Risky Offshore Oil StrategyNew York TimesAs co-chairmen of the bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, we investigated the causes of the disaster and examined the offshore drilli …

Markets: Oil and stocks pick up; Dax reaches record highFinancial TimesUS index futures suggest the S&P 500 will gain 5 points to 2,396, leaving the Wall Street barometer just 5 points shy of a record close. The pan-European Stoxx 600 is up 0.2 per cen …

Financial TimesEuropean stocks open higher as oil jumpsFinancial TimesOil prices are rebounding to a two-week high after the energy ministers of Saudi Arabia and Russia released a joint statement in which they said production cuts by major oil producers sh …