Gulf Oil Spill News

Even as Florida brought home several top-10 finishes in this year's annual contest for the nation's best beaches, the tsunami of lawsuits triggered by BP's beach-trashing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico three years ago continued to gain strength.        

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Residents got a lesson on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill Saturday from citizen scientists during a community event held at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center in Ocean Springs.

A U.S. Senate committee hearing about the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on local communities will hear testimony from Monroe County's mayor Thursday.

In order to mitigate the effect of oil spills on land and in marine areas, the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) was approved by the government. The idea is to mitigate the impact of al...

Environmentalists won a big victory for marine animals this week, with a court ruling that requires the government to determine whether dispersants used to to break up oil spills are harmful to endangered species before the chemicals are used in federal waters off California.

The eighteenth National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) and preparedness meeting was held here on Friday.

Dehradun, May 31 (ANI): The eighteenth National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) and preparedness meeting was held here on Friday.

Scientists tracking the migration patterns of critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles have found that the turtles favor feeding grounds off the coast of Louisiana in waters imperiled by the 2010 oil spill and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.

The endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle has been found feeding in the Gulf of Mexico, in waters threatened by oil spills, heavy commercial fishing and oxygen depletion.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.

CONCORD, Calif., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time of emergency, men and women from across the US stepped up to help the gulf states in cleanup and recovery efforts following the massive Gulf Oil ...

A draft plan to oversee billions of dollars in Clean Water Act fines from the 2010 Gulf oil spill was released last week, but it was missing some of the details and specific spending plans state and local officials and advocates have looked for.

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $1 billion for coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico because of the 2010 oil spill. But the nature of some of the projects, including boat ramps and a beachfront hotel, has some environmental groups raising questions about what counts as coastal restoration.