PLAQUEMINES PARISH, U.S. — Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a finger pointing into the Gulf of Mexico. Past ...

While the world’s attention has been fixed on the nuclear crisis in Japan, we’re fast coming upon the one-year anniversary of another major environmental disaster: the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

White House puts pressure on BP, as BP denies responsibility for spill accident. May 3, 2010 — -- With the White House putting pressure on BP today, company executives promised to clean up the ...

Mongabay Latam and Data Crítica examined and compared official data of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, including satellite images by scientists studying oil spills and evidence compiled by fishing ...

(Reuters) - Here is a timeline on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and its impact since an explosion on a rig killed 11 workers unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history. April 20, 2010 - Explosion ...

The Gulf of Mexico was forever changed after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Oil contamination decimated marine life, from fish and shrimp to seabirds and dolphins. Analysts reveal the long-term ...

Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at ...

A billion birds flying straight towards the growing oil spill. July 1, 2010— -- For months, a small army of specialists has been working feverishly to save the birds of the Gulf of Mexico. The ...

April 10 (UPI) --The Department of Interior on Thursday released an analysis of fossil fuel deposits showing an additional 1.30 billion barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico's Outer Continental shelf.

A Trump administration proposal to allow more exploration for oil and gas violates environmental laws, the groups said.

A lawsuit claims the Trump administration has broken laws with a planned sale of 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to ...

The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three months ...