Includes bibliographical references and index.

BP spread the blame for the oil spill to its contractors / Steven Mufson and David Hilzenrath -- America's dependence on fossil fuel is to blame for the oil spill / Jeremy Hance -- Environmentalists are partly to blame for the oil spill / Charles Krauthammer -- The George W. Bush administration is to blame for the oil spill / Matthew Yglesias -- The Obama administration response to the oil spill is lacking / Jeff Crouere -- The environmental damage from the oil spill has been downplayed / Orpheus Reed -- The environmental damage from the oil spill has been exaggerated / Lou Dolinar -- The oil spill may be affecting the health of clean-up crews / Elizabeth Grossman -- The oil industry has been destroying Louisiana's environment for decades / Oliver Houck -- The oil industry supports many Louisiana and Gulf Region economies / Joseph R. Mason -- BP is covering up the disastrous consequences of the oil spill / Riki Ott -- The oil spill should teach America to break its addiction to fossil fuel / Robert Zevin.