The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is already wreaking devastating ecological effects. So does that mean that now is the time for Democrats to argue for climate change legislation and a reduction to our ...

After a massive explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers on April 20, 2010, millions of gallons of crude oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico for months, triggering the most ...

BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico disrupted business all along the coastline. Through the end of July, the oil giant paid more than $13 billion to compensate people, businesses and communities ...

(AP) Federal authorities have blamed two rig supervisors for the deaths of 11 workers killed when the Deepwater Horizon exploded and spawned BP’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, even though a ...

The occurrence of several whale and dolphin species in the Gulf of Mexico drastically dropped off in the decade following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The disaster produced a ...

— -- WASHINGTON—The Justice Department filed its first criminal charges related to the BP oil spill Tuesday, accusing a former company engineer of destroying records requested by prosecutors ...

In 2010, an Enbridge pipeline burst. Tribes are concerned about another one built without their permission 72 years ago.

In mid-May, Mark Miller set up shop in a vacant Kia auto dealership in Pascagoula, Miss. — an oceanfront city near the middle of the U.S. Gulf Coast. Unlike the previous tenant, though, he’s not ...

'Mix of Resolve and Regret' The New York Times' Peter Baker finds a "mix of resolve and regret" as "President Obama uttered three words on Thursday that many of his 43 predecessors twisted themselves ...