Oil Spills News

A decade later, its long-term ... to recover from the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, scientists report at the Ocean Science Meeting in New Orleans. ... Deepwater Horizon ... Read More

BP Oil Spill: Where does the coast stand 14 years later?

On April 20, 2010, the Gulf of Mexico saw the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. The catastrophe killed 11 workers, sent over 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and washed onto the ... Read More

14 years since Deepwater Horizon oil spill

A federal court later ... BP. The BP oil spill is neither gone nor forgotten along coastal Louisiana. According to a long-term study published in the journal Environmental Pollution last year ... Read More

Study shows the longer spilled oil lingers in freshwater, the more persistent compounds it produces

Oil is an important natural resource for many industries, but it can lead to serious environmental damage when accidentally spilled. While large oil spills are highly publicized, every year, there are ... Read More

Takeaways from AP’s story on the BP oil spill medical settlement’s shortcomings

Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. Read More

Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing

Recognizing that some members of cleanup crews had likely become sick, BP agreed to a medical claims settlement two years after ... Months later, a doctor at an oil spill medical station referred ... Read More

Latest Peruvian oil spill cuts Indigenous communities from life-giving river

As dawn began to break in the Peruvian Amazon on March 5, an oil slick spread across the Puinahua River in the district of the same name, engulfing clumps of palms and reeds in a thick, black layer as ... Read More

Thousands of workers allegedly sickened by 2010 oil spill left with little or no compensation

Recognizing that some members of cleanup crews had likely become sick, BP agreed to a medical claims settlement two years after ... Months later, a doctor at an oil spill medical station referred ... Read More

Fourteen years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, endemic fishes face an uncertain future

Ten years later: An update on the status of collections of endemic Gulf of Mexico fishes put at risk by the 2010 Oil Spill. Biodiversity Data Journal , 2024; 12 DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e113399 Cite ... Read More

Once Praised, Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing

Once Praised, Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil ... 14 years after the spill. After the explosion on April 20, 2010, the spill was spectacular. A camera live-streamed the rupture on cable news ... Read More