Topic: Gulf of Mexico

iFive: Zuck on His Biopic, iLife Rumors, RIM vs. Jobs, Street Artist J R Nabs Ted Prize, the Gulf at Six Months

The military has opened its doors to openly gay recruits for the first time--but cautions that policy could change again in the future, citing pending court cases. Justice may tarry, but business innovation waits for no one! We at ...READ»

Can an Oil Spill Really Be Cleaned Up?

Since the Gulf oil spill of April 2010, people have been asking us, 'Can you really clean up an oil spill?' "Well, not entirely." That answer comes from biological oceanographer Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.READ»

MacArthur Genius Professor Dawdy and Her Plans for New Orleans

Shannon Lee gives Fast Company the scoop on where the $500,000 will go.READ»

Why Environmental Activists Embrace Social Media

Six months after the BP oil spill, it’s clear that in the age of social media, a company can’t spin and rebrand its way out of a mess like it used to.READ»

Terry Hazen on Bacteria Eating Gulf Oil Spill Plume

Bacteria have been rapidly eating a long undersea plume of oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and his team published their research on these bacteria in the journal "Science."READ»

8 of the Most Toxic Energy Projects on the Planet

BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico served as a wake-up call for many of us who never before paid attention to the destructive energy projects happening all around the world. But while Deepwater Horizon may have attracted the lion's share of media attention this past Spring and Summer, there are a number of other toxic projects still going on. We look at some of the worst.READ»

iFive: Another Rig Explosion, NASA's Mine Solutions, Impossible Soccer Goals, China's Great Jam, Korean Cash

Innovation doesn't sleep, even though you do: But it might get stuck in huge Chinese traffic jamsREAD»

Now: September 2010

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• Power Up: World Energy Congress
• Engage: 01SJ Biennial

iFIve: Cisco, Google and Intel Go Shopping, IPCC in Spotlight, the State of the Gulf, Airline Innovation, Apple DNA Found

The Inn o'Vation. It's more than a cosy holiday getaway, you know.READ»

50th Anniversary of OPEC

On September 20, BP hits the five-month mark since its Deepwater Horizon spill began ravaging the Gulf of Mexico. But five months of oily controversy is nothing on five decades. Today, oil behemoth OPEC blows out the candles on 50 ...READ»

iFive: Confirmation of Oil Residue, Tablet News, Secret Net Neutrality Meeting, Google Maps, Adopt-a-Word

When you're innovation, Friday is just another dayREAD»

BP: Say It, We're Not Spraying It

The oil giant denies claims that it continues to secretly spray that cancer-causing dispersant on the Gulf slick. READ»

Investors to Oil Companies: Prove That You're Prepared for Disaster

Shareholders are concerned for the overall safety of the sector, which is why 58 investors representing $2.5 trillion in assets banded together recently to demand improved disclosure of oil disaster response plans.READ»

BP Wants to Keep Drilling Near Gulf Oil Disaster Site

In possibly the worst incidence of deja vu in recent memory, BP says that it still might drill in the massive oil reservoir where the Deepwater Horizon leak unleashed over 4 million gallons of oil.READ»

Five Big Business Opportunities for the Next Decade

For young people graduating from college with mountains of debt, and for workers of any age who have been jobless for long periods of time in the current economy, the picture is ominous: if we are in a recovery at all, it's a jobless ...READ»

Dead Zone Deconfusinator: Oil Not the Only Problem in Gulf of Mexico, NASA Study Shows

NASA's revealed a study detailing the location and extent of the world's oceanic dead zones--regions where oxygen depletion stifles life. It looks like they're growing. First up: What is a dead zone (apart from a creepy movie starring ...READ»

Big Oil Prepares for Future Gulf Disasters with Rapid Response Plan

Remember how all the oil companies drilling in the Gulf insisted that BP's disaster was just that--BP's disaster, and not a symptom of larger safety problems in the industry? After months of watching the recent BP oil catastrophe ...READ»

Good News From the Past and the Dump

Some good news and reasons to be hopeful.READ»

Former BP Exec Cynthia Warner Left Big Oil for Big Algae - And She's Not Alone

How a high-ranking veteran of BP was won over by the potential of pond scum.READ»

• Algae Fuel's Pioneers
• The Beyond Petroleum Generation

The BP Creative Writing Contest: The Best of the Worst

Last week we asked you to try to top BP's ridiculous in-house "reporting" filled with overstuffed similes and flowery phrases. Here are some of the finest contributions.READ»

Raining Oil in Louisiana? Not Likely [Updated]

The Internet is swirling with rumors today that a gloppy mixture of oil and Corexit (the primary dispersant used in the BP disaster) is raining down on Louisiana. Evidence is thin, and based almost entirely on the video below, but ...READ»

Big Oil Shakes Down U.S. Taxpayers

Rep. Joe Barton had it wrong.READ»

The BP Oil Disaster Might Help the Economy, but Does That Matter?

The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster may, believe it or not, give a boost to our ailing economy. Because while the six-month moratorium on new offshore drilling and the negative impacts on fishing and tourism in the Gulf will undoubtedly ...READ»

Corporate Parodies: The Good and the Ugly

 Everyone loves a good parody, unless you’re bearing the brunt of the joke. BP isn’t laughing @BPGlobalPR, even though the jokester behind it is arguably helping the rest of us cope with one of the worst environmental ...READ»

iFive: Oil Spill Underestimated, Tunerfish TV App Launches, Teenage Sailor Found, Mandela Mourns, Banksy Caught on CCTV

While you were sleeping, innovation was hanging outside a pub, spray can in hand, tagging "Up All Night And Still Going Strong" on the wall.1. As the situation in the Gulf of Mexico continues, revised estimates of the true size of the ...READ»