Nicole Allan
Nicole Allan is an editorial assistant at Atlantic Media, where she writes about business and the environment. Nicole has also written for Slate and The New Republic.
Astronauts on the International Space Station captured this image from a side, or "oblique," angle, which shows the oil as gray tendrils on a white surface.… More »
What Sarah Palin's endorsement means for Carly Fiorina, Barbara Boxer, and Meg Whitman… More »
A smart widget from PBS NewsHour accounts for estimates that vary by millions of gallons per day.… More »
Record rains have set off extensive flooding in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky, killing at least 27 people.… More »
Relying on risky, untried technology, the company is lowering a 98-ton steel box into the Gulf in an attempt to staunch the flow of crude oil.… More »
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano has released another bout of ash, halting air traffic in Scotland and Ireland.… More »
BP is countering the oil spill with unprecedented amounts of dispersants. Could the chemicals be causing as much harm as they're mitigating?… More »
The notorious company was in charge of a risky drilling procedure that might have caused the explosion.… More »
As oil gushes into the Gulf of Mexico, investigators will likely focus on the company's spotty safety and environmental record and its recent cost-cutting measures.… More »
Louisiana's first line of defense against the Gulf Coast oil spill is a string of wetlands already so fragile that the spill could send them underwater once and for all.… More »
Via NASA's Terra Satellite: The oil is already reported to have reached the shore. In addition to New Orleans and the Louisiana coast, the spill is likely to affect Mississippi, Alabama, and northwest Florida.… More »
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Apr 30 2010, 12:00 PM ET
The Department of the Interior has canceled a luncheon on Monday to award offshore drilling operators for exemplary safety and environmental management.… More »
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Apr 30 2010, 7:00 AM ET
By sharing waste and resources -- participating in an ecosystem rather than a survival of the fittest -- companies can save money and drastically reduce their environmental footprints. But doing so requires subverting the traditional corporate mindset.… More »
Via NASA's Aqua Satellite: Look past the streaky clouds to the brown film underneath. The ruptured well is now thought to be leaking 5,000 barrels of oil a day, five times more than previous estimates. … More »
These massive rocks, long portrayed in space thrillers as potential bearers of the apocalypse, might, in fact, have been one of the causes of life on earth.… More »
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Apr 29 2010, 12:22 PM ET
A White House briefing on the Gulf Coast oil spill, which is five times more aggressive than previously thought, laid the blame squarely on the oil company's shoulders.… More »
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Apr 28 2010, 2:40 PM ET
What has the heir to the British throne been doing with himself for the past 30 years? Apparently, making a documentary about climate change.… More »
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Apr 28 2010, 11:31 AM ET
Attempts to control the Gulf Coast oil spill have reached desperate levels, threatening both wildlife and the chances of a comprehensive climate bill.… More »
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Apr 27 2010, 11:47 AM ET
Scientists have invented a new platinum alloy that may help fuel cell technology over its price hump.… More »
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Apr 26 2010, 10:18 AM ET
A sunken oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is leaking 1,000 barrels of oil a day, which could make it more difficult to corral Democratic votes for a climate bill.… More »
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