...we want to know what BP officials knew and when they knew it.... But if we don’t broaden the horizons of our questions, we run the risk of reinforcing a fairy tale that says we can have our oil and our environment, too. The worst outcome of the mess in the Gulf would be the perpetuation of the conceit that error and greed can be regulated out of the worldwide oil industry.

why a spill-inspired boycott doesn't make sense by Peter Maass