Cheney's culture of deregulation and corruption - How Bush Administration inaction created the BP disaster

A look at the culture of deregulation, self-regulation, and corruption ushered in by VP Dick Cheney underscores why the BP oil catastrophe should forever be remembered as Cheney's Katrina, by CAP's Joshua Dorner.

Big Oil spent millions of dollars to sweep—and keep—George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in the White House. And it got its money's worth.

The new administration and its staunchly pro-oil congressional allies returned the favor by enacting one of the most pro-oil, anti-environment pieces of...