Keeping jobs from killing workers
Workplace safety regulations don’t kill jobs; they keep jobs from killing workers. More »
Steffy: Apache again tries to silence an investor – but fails this time
Few companies have worked harder than Apache Corp. in recent years to silence the voices of their shareholders. More »
The Atlantis documents that BP didn’t want anyone to see
Last week, I wrote about the documents that have finally been made public in a court case over BP’s Atlantis platform in the Gulf of Mexico: More »
The Atlantis documents that BP didn’t want anyone to see
Last week, I wrote about the documents that have finally been made public in a court case over BP’s Atlantis platform in the Gulf of Mexico: Thousands of pages of internal documents and emails, recently released in a long-running lawsuit, reveal ongoing safety issues, deficient design documents and a pattern of problems that are disturbingly [...] More »
Steffy: 11 deaths refute offshore drilling safety myths
The wooden crosses rise from the beach in Grand Isle, La., each bearing the name of one of the men who died 40 miles offshore two years ago. More »
Steffy: Speculation is a two-way street
When gasoline prices are rising, as they have been recently, I often get asked by readers to write about speculation. Usually the request is that I “expose” how speculation is driving up prices. More »
Speculation is a two-way street
Speculators tend to get blamed for rising oil prices, but rarely get thanked when prices fall. More »
Steffy: Slumping natural gas prices fuel companies’ worries
The talk of the town these days is gas prices and what to do about them. More »
Have you heard the one about the airline that buys a refinery?
If Delta’s looking for a way to make its losses more consistent and pervasive, buying a refinery might be the ticket. More »
Dynegy settles with creditors after blistering examiner report
Faced with the scathing results of a bankruptcy examiner’s report, Houston-based Dynegy has finally agreed to acknowledge the claims of its creditors, something the company should have done all along. Dynegy’s treatment of creditors leading up to its bankruptcy filing was more noxious than the emissions from its coal plants. Last summer, it created a [...] More »
Steffy: Don’t blame China for Obama’s solar folly
The U.S. Commerce Department recently announced import tariffs on Chinese solar panels after declaring that Beijing illegally subsidized manufacturing. More »
The folly of the Obama solar energy strategy
The Commerce Department’s decision to slap import tariffs on Chinese solar panels smacks of sour grapes. Having been bested by the Chinese in the manufacture of the panels, the Obama administration is hoping to cover up its own failed development policies. In this case, the victor is penalized by the loser. Alex B. Berezow and [...] More »
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