Pointing the Finger in the BP Oil Spill

Companies facing catastrophe often are quick to play the blame game. The players involved in the oil spill off the U.S. Gulf Coast are pointing the finger at each other in a discouraging round robin of fault-finding. Now, government regulators are also discovering that safety standards on the rig were sub-par. How are we going to develop sound energy and environmental policies for the future, not to mention programs to protect workers who put their lives on the line? Will how these companies respond affect the future of expanded offshore drilling?

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