Washington: BP America chief executive Lamar McKay told angry lawmakers on Tuesday that the embattled energy giant was

Indu Bhan

The birds run into trouble when they dive for prey. From above, the water does not look so very different. And of course a bird has no way of knowing about the millions of gallons of oil that have gushed into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon rig sank on April 22nd.

Mahim Pratap Singh

Bhopal: Human rights activists from all over the country, led by prominent Bhopal activist Abdul Jabbar, on Monday wrote a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama drawing his attention to the gas leak issue after his tough stance towards the British Petroleum (BP) over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

P. Sainath

Bhopal marked the horrific beginning of a new era. One that signalled the collapse of restraint on corporate power.

Seeking justice for the gas leak victims, survivors of the tragedy have started a campaign to get signatures on a memorandum to be sent to US President Barack Obama.

Indu Bhan

US MAY PENALISE CO BY CRIPPLING ITS ABILITY TO DO BIZ
Jim Efstathiou Jr & Jeff Plungis WASHINGTON

BP is considering putting several billion dollars into a ring-fenced cleanup fund to appease American concerns over the soaring cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

BP faced renewed US pressure on Sunday to do more to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as the United States and Britain played down diplomatic tensions over the crisis. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said it was up to the British energy giant, under pressure in the United States to suspend its dividend to help pay for the damage, to decide on its payout to shareholders.