One year after the worst oil spill in US history, what's the condition of the environment, the economy and the culture from Louisiana to Florida? What's been done to make sure a similar disaster ...

The oil leak triggered by a deadly rig blast off the coast of Louisiana has the potential to cause more environmental damage than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, one of the largest ecological disasters ...

Remember the Deepwater Horizon incident that happened a few years ago? The one that killed 11 workers, spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and is widely regarded as the worst ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill seems to divide people into two categories: those who can’t forget, and those who refuse to remember. In the first camp are Gulf Coast residents and environmentalists ...

If you thought the BP oil disaster in the Gulf region was the worst oil spill in the history of the world, think again. It is being reported that foreign oil companies spill more than 1.5 million tons ...

When BP looks at the spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico that now threatens flora, fauna and livelihoods along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, it's really seeing money floating ...

At the White House today, BP agreed to establish a $20 billion escrow fund to pay claims from the worst oil spill in American history. Last night, in his first address from the Oval Office, President ...

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.

Obama: BP Does What We Say President Obama said today that BP is responsible for what's estimated to be the worst oil spill in U.S. history, but the federal government is telling the company how to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker that ran aground more than three decades ago in Alaska, causing one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, has ...

As history shows, there have been some truly dreadful oil spills over the years, accidents that have had catastrophic consequences for ecosystems on land and at sea. Click through the following ...