The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: ...

While the spill was relatively small compared to others — such as BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 — any amount of oil that leaks into the environment poses risks to people, wildlife, and ...

asked Don Boesch, a marine scientist who served on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, which investigated the 2010 disaster. “That’s where all the [Outer ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2025. There are 336 days left in the year. Today in ...

Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog. Her white, brown speckled nose has also made her ...

reached after its well leaked more than 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon mobile drilling unit. The proposal includes: 40 acres of ...

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Alton's riverfront commerce paused as the Mississippi froze, making ice cutting a vital ...

On Jan. 29, 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening ...

A host of environmental and worker safety rules enacted after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster has made obtaining ... ll have the next catastrophic spill in the Gulf.” ...