Oil Spill News

A new government report details 87 shipwrecks that could pollute U.S. waters with oil.

Fresh water is diverted from the Mississippi River into the Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion, where it is ultimately fed into Barataria Bay to help control salinity.

A Gulf Coast con artist who faked federal credentials to peddle worthless "training" to unemployed immigrants has been sentenced to 57 months in prison.

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BP is a London-based oil company with operations in more than 80 countries. The company is one of the biggest in the world, measured by 2011 revenues, and operates in all areas of the oil and gas sectors.

Fla. State Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, a high-ranking two-term Sarasota Democrat, told the Federation of Manatee County Community Associations Tuesday night that judging from comments Crist made Tuesday afternoon, Republican House speaker-designate Dean Cannon of Orlando appears to be near success in persuading the newly-re-registered governor to ... (more)

As Block Offer 2013 bidding begins today, the Green Party is calling the Government reckless and pledges to submit the Kiwi Bid - a bid to protect New Zealand waters and leave them free from risky deep sea drilling.

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council marked significant progress today with the public release of its draft initial comprehensive plan, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said.

The BP oil spill on April 20, 2010 was nothing short of disastrous. Economically speaking, the financial impact still resonates across many industries in Florida and beyond, but now, with the Deepwater Horizon Settlement Program in place, businesses in counties along the Gulf Coast are finding the help they need for recovery.

A group of U.S. accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to rein in compensation it has to pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which is threatening to add billions of dollars to its growing bill for the disaster.

The disaster of the oil spill from a pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas began just two months ago .

A woman has reached a lawsuit settlement with a South Mississippi city where she says police arrested her for protesting the BP oil spill then arrested her again in retaliation for suing, according to court records.

BRADENTON, Fla., May 25, 2010 5:30PM ET -- Have you ever wielded one of those little New Year's Eve noisemakers that roll out and straighten as you blow your heart out at midnight? That's what we need in the Gulf of Mexico - a mile-long roll of heavy duty plastic sheeting, carefully stitched and sealed to form a circular tube about 36 inches in ... (more)

Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced The Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013 on Wednesday.

Attorney General Luther Strange told members of the Gadsden/Etowah County Chamber today that they may be entitled to funds for those affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, even though they are several hundred miles away from the coast.

Public Lab is pleased to announce the launch of our fourth Kickstarter today, "Infragram: the Infrared Photography Project." The idea for the Infragram was originally conceptualized during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and as a tool for monitoring wetland damages.

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Galveston Beach Patrol Chief Peter Davis shows a clump of a wet, soft, tar ball plucked from the sand at Bermuda Beach in Galveston, Texas, on Monday May 20, 2013.State officials say a very minor oil spill has led to tar balls washing up on more than 2 miles of Galveston beaches.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook defended the technology company's tax practices, saying Apple did not depend on "tax gimmicks" as U.S. senators grilled him over charges that the company avoided billions of dollars in taxes on international profits.

Governor Bobby Jindal, center, flanked by former St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungessor, stands at the end of a dredge pipe building a berm to capture oil from the BP spill along the Chandeleur Islands, Wednesday, June 23, 2010.