The source of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill believed to be roughly one-tenth ... The report cited pipe corrosion as the likely cause of the leak that formed a slick between 3 to 4 miles wide ...

T he 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon was the largest accidental oil spill in history. With almost 100 million gallons (379 million liters) of oil combined with dispersants suggested to ...

BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year has moved off the front pages in most of the nation, though the damage done to the environment and economy of the Gulf region is far from ...

In the wake of the recent oil spill off the Louisiana coast, the Gulf of Mexico finds itself grappling ... updates about the investigation and causes of the spill are beyond public notice.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster that will affect wildlife in the oceans and on the shores for a long time. But can microorganisms come to the rescue? bacteria constitute a ...

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 ...

At present, ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico are being exposed to an oil spill larger ... during the Exxon Valdez spill indicates that large-scale spills can cause persistent negative effects ...

Did The Gulf Of Mexico Self-Clean After ... out of BP’s destroyed oil well. How fortuitous! But hoping that hungry bacteria will help in the next oil spill is dangerous thinking.

It’s absurd to lease out our public waters for oil industry profit and pretend Gulf drilling doesn’t cause climate change.” Greenhouse gas pollution poses a threat to almost every endangered and ...

A federal judge has granted more time to rewrite rules governing endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, granting a ... of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and its failure to recognize ...