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Jun 18, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama’s BP Response Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama’s BP Response
While many commentators missed the point, there actually were some substantive problems with Obama's BP speech, too.
Jun 18, 2010 / Ari Melber
The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe? The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?
Is BP unique in its ability to create catastrophe? On this week's The Breakdown, Chris Hayes asks Greenpeace's Kert Davies whether the entire practice of offshore oil drilling is i...
Jun 18, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Can Washington Stand Up to the Energy Industry? Can Washington Stand Up to the Energy Industry?
Mopping up BP's current crisis and guarding against future environmental incidents will take more momentum than a speech, a meeting or a few hearings can deliver.
Jun 18, 2010 / Sarah Laskow
Onshore Drilling Disasters Waiting to Happen: An Interview With ‘Gasland’ Director Josh Fox Onshore Drilling Disasters Waiting to Happen: An Interview With ‘Gasland’ Director Josh Fox
In 2008, a gas company offered Josh Fox $100,000 to lease his family's land for natural gas extraction. His new documentary Gasland explores the environmental devastation "hyd...
Jun 17, 2010 / Nora Eisenberg
The Power of the Presidency The Power of the Presidency
Since the president had no legal basis to demand the set aside, on what basis did he extract $20 billion from BP?
Jun 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders
We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It
On Morning Joe, Katrina vanden Heuvel defends President Obama by saying that his White House speech Tuesday night was humane, but "we need deeds."
Jun 17, 2010 / Press Room
We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It
On Morning Joe, Katrina vanden Heuvel defends President Obama by saying that his White House speech Tuesday night was humane, but "we need deeds."
Jun 17, 2010 / MSNBC
Can’t Trust That Day Can’t Trust That Day
Eric's reflections from the concert hall and theater.
Jun 17, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Exchange: The Editors and Eric Alterman on the Flotilla Attack Exchange: The Editors and Eric Alterman on the Flotilla Attack
Should The Nation's editorial about the IDF attack on the Gaza relief flotilla have condemned Hamas?
Jun 17, 2010 / The Nation