The Supreme Court's decision in Exxon Shipping v. Baker highlights the need for legislative reform of arbitrary punitive damage awards.

The hysteria of the media and the political class over the Deepwater spill could have second-order environmental impacts that could be cumulatively worse than the spill itself, both for the Gulf and for other environmental arenas.

This annual report highlights significant environmental developments and milestones in the United States and worldwide.

Support for offshore drilling is down in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf, but this temporary downturn in support is unlikely to become permanent.

In the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, new polling data reveal that attitudes about offshore drilling have become more skeptical, and more people are saying the spill is not an isolated incident.

What has happened since Exxon Valdez oil spill?

Furchtgott-Roth, a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission since 1997, will join AEI as a visiting fellow upon his departure from the FCC.

The greatest damage from the Deepwater Horizon disaster has resulted from the federal government's attempt to exploit the crisis by promoting a political agenda, yet backlash in Congress shows that the American people can make up their own minds better than government can.