My last two 4th of July’s have been challenging. Two years ago I lost my radio show. It was the best thing that could have happened, though it didn’t feel like it for at least three days.  I’ve recovered. Last year Sarah Palin threatened to sue me. She didn’t. She just wanted me to “Sit [...]

~Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images (Vigil for the BP disaster, Florida) Here on the last frontier, like in all other states, we’ve got two Senators – Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich.  One of them is an unapologetic Republican oil shill, and one of them is a Democrat.  The Republican thinks we ought to cap damages for oil [...]

Jason Leopold has written an amazing piece on BP and how they handle safety in Alaska.  Here is the article in full, which is cross-posted from Truthout. By Jason Leopold Nearly 5,000 miles from the oil-spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP and its culture of cost-cutting are contributing to another environmental mess. According to [...]

I had the opportunity to share some time with newly declared Democratic candidate for United States Senate, Scott McAdams. McAdams, the current mayor of Sitka, Alaska declared his candidacy on Tuesday, June 1 for the seat currently held by Republican Lisa Murkowski. Today, ex-governor Sarah Palin formally endorsed Murkowski’s opponent in the GOP primary, right [...]

On January 20, 1990 a Channel 4 documentary series called Scottish Eye aired Slick Operators. The documentary tells the story of BP’s role in the Exxon Valdez oil spill and their lies in the aftermath of the spill. Sadly it is still very relevant today. BP is the largest owner of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and [...]

Not to end your Monday by making your head explode, but allow me to end your Monday by making your head explode.  Don’t worry, I wouldn’t ask your head to do anything mine hasn’t already done.  Here’s the transcript of an interview between CNN’s Candy Crowley and BP Managing Director Robert Dudley. It really makes me wish [...]

Mike Mason is a 27 year oil-industry veteran who worked on oil rigs at BP facilities on the North Slope of Alaska. On January 21, 2005, Corporate Crime Reporter ran an article detailing Mason’s allegations of BP falsifying the results of blowout preventer tests. At the time, Mason was working for Nabors Alaska Drilling Inc. [...]

Alaskans are watching the news, like the rest of the nation watched us after the Exxon Valdez slammed into Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound more than 20 years ago.  Helpless.  Far away.  Filled with grief.  We look at our screens and monitor a growing black sheen of oil spread and we can’t do anything [...]