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- ‘Missing’ oil from BP disaster located at the bottom of the ocean Fri, 6 Feb 15, 1:30amWhen the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burst in 2010, about 200 million gallons of crude oil was released into the fragile ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico...
- Transocean Pleads Guilty to Gulf Oil Spill and Agrees to Pay $1.4 Billion in Fines Fri, 4 Jan 13, 7:05amThe US Department of Justice announced today that Swiss company Transocean Ltd, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank in 2010, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion for the oil spill that spewed millions...
- Government Files First Criminal Charges Linked To BP Oil Spill Wed, 25 Apr 12, 5:43amJust over two years ago, an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig operated by BP killed 11 crew members and sparked the worst oil spill in US history...
- BP Accused of Another Blowout Coverup 2 Years Before Deepwater Horizon Spill Fri, 20 Apr 12, 3:09amIn 2008, two years before the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP offshore oil rig suffered a blowout in the Caspian Sea. According to a new report on EcoWatch.org which was released today, the company...
- BP Oil Spill Responsible for Coral Damage in Gulf of Mexico Wed, 28 Mar 12, 6:30amThe Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill are now confirmed to be responsible for deep sea coral deaths in the Gulf of New Mexico. Scientists say that almost two years after the BP Macondo well oil spill, coral communities...
- Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on the Rise as Oil Prices Continue to Climb Tue, 6 Mar 12, 5:50amAfter the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago — which was the worst oil spill in the country’s history — President Barack Obama placed a moratorium on all new offshore drilling...
- BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill Trial Delayed One Week Tue, 28 Feb 12, 6:40amThe trial that will decide BP’s culpability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was set to begin in the US District Court in New Orleans today, but has been postponed to allow the oil company to continue to discuss settlements...
- New Emails Show BP Was Aware of Possibility of Oil Spill in Gulf But Kept it Secret Wed, 1 Feb 12, 2:33amOn Friday, as part of a federal investigation, BP released a series of internal e-mails sent directly after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and started to leak oil into the Gulf of Mexico that seem to reveal that the...
- BP Accuses Halliburton of Destroying Evidence of Wrongdoing in Gulf Oil Spill Wed, 7 Dec 11, 2:58amIt is coming to fists again over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This time, however, it isn’t the people of the gulf against big oil, it is the oil companies against each other. BP is accusing...
- New Study Explains Chemical Makeup of the Gulf Oil Spill Plume Fri, 22 Jul 11, 12:17amIt’s been more than a year since an explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon caused the worst offshore oil spill in the history of the United States, sending some 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico...
- Evaporating Oil in Vicinity of Yellowstone River Spill May Be Sickening Residents Tue, 12 Jul 11, 11:07pmDespite the massive Yellowstone River oil spill in Montana, the EPA has deemed the air and drinking water in the nearby area safe. Just ten days after 1,000 barrels of oil leaked from Exxon’s Silvertip pipeline, the EPA...
- Is Earth Day Passé? Sat, 23 Apr 11, 1:51amI just checked the Web sites of eight leading eco-activist groups, curious as to how prominently the organizations are featuring Earth Day messages and activities...
- BP Execs Awarded Hefty Bonuses Despite Gulf Oil Spill Disaster Fri, 4 Mar 11, 3:31amBP awards two senior executives bonuses for 2010 despite the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
- Clams Could Clean Up Oil Spills Without Chemicals Wed, 2 Mar 11, 5:42amA faculty-student research team at at Southeastern Louisiana University recently launched a study that will explore how the Rangia clam can be used to filter oil from polluted water...
- Obama Allows Offshore Drilling To Resume Without Review Thu, 6 Jan 11, 2:36amThis week the Obama administration allowed thirteen companies to return to their offshore oil drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico without further environmental scrutiny despite having stated in August that drilling...