Oil Spills News

While large oil spills are highly publicized, every year ... spill, the largest accidental spill in history, released almost 100 million gallons of oil, causing significant pollution. A decade ... Read More

14 years later, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to affect Louisiana

Saturday marked the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s 14th anniversary. The environmental disaster plagued the Gulf Coast for months when it began, and its consequences are still felt today. 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

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

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

Settlement from BP oil spill leaves workers with nearly nothing

Recognizing 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

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

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

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they ... Read More

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

The group read the nation's prayer, city and countywide proclamations, and prayed for several different groups. Schools in the Harrison County School District are honoring and celebrating their ... Read More

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

When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig ... up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Read More