Report: Oil Spills Dropped Dramatically Last Decade September 29, 2022 By Janet McConnaughey Oil and natural gas spills from tankers and pipelines in U.S. waters dropped dramatically from the last decade of the...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Goes Towards Louisiana Shoreline Construction May 17, 2022 Louisiana has begun construction of a $67 million project to create miles (kilometers) of oyster reefs to protect the shoreline...
Appeals Court Clears The Hartford on Most BP Oil Spill Cleanup Workers’ Injury Claims January 20, 2022 Navigators Insurance, part of The Hartford, does not have to cover most medical and injury claims from 2,000 workers who...
BP Spill Money to Help Enlarge Louisiana Coast Island, Expand Wildlife Refuge December 28, 2020 Money from the 2010 BP PLC oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being used to help to expand...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010 Was Bigger Than Satellite Images Showed February 14, 2020 Toxic and invisible oil spread well beyond the known satellite footprint of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to...
A Decade After Gulf Oil Spill, a New Wave of BP Lawsuits Hits Courts December 11, 2019 A new wave of lawsuits against BP is hitting the federal courts nearly a decade after the Gulf oil spill....
Trump Administration Seeks to Ease Offshore Drilling Safety Rules December 29, 2017 The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday proposed eliminating some safety regulations for offshore oil and gas drilling that the Obama...
$7M in BP Oil Spill Fines to Create 300 Conservation Jobs August 11, 2017 By Janet McConnaughey About $7 million in BP oil spill penalties will create 300 conservation jobs in Gulf of Mexico states. Jeff DeQuattro...
BP Oil Spill Caused $17.2 Billion in Natural Resource Damage: Virginia Tech Scientists April 20, 2017 The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of...
Trial of Ex-BP Rig Supervisor Begins in New Orleans February 18, 2016 By Janet McConnaughey Federal prosecutors and lawyers for a Deepwater Horizon rig supervisor are ready to tell jurors what they expect to prove...