Do you remember the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010? It was all over the news for months and months… and then seemed to simply disappear from the media once BP announced they’d stopped up the gushing oil well. Whistleblowers are claiming that’s no mistake — and in a recent report [...]

According to a new study, the oil from the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, which poured 5 million barrels of gallon of oil into the water, would have killed off coral reefs in the Florida Keys if it reached that far south. The scientists also believe that oil and dispersant from [...]

The Gulf of Mexico still has a sheen on the surface of its waters and unfortunately, underwater inspections using robot submarines have failed to pinpoint the source, according to officials, as reported by The Associated Press.  The Associated Press writes: The Coast Guard and BP both said the recent inspections confirmed [...]

It will mostly likely be years before the attorneys at BP are done cleaning up the legal mess that is the Deepwater Horizon disaster, but in what United States Attorney General Eric Holder says is a “critical step forward,” today the British Oil company agreed to a deal with the [...]

The very-public war between the U.S. government and British oil giant BP continues this week. The U.S. continues to hurl accusations at the company, and BP continues to be on the defensive. Earlier this week, Reuters reported that the U.S. had filed court documents accusing BP of “willful misconduct and [...]

A showdown is quietly brewing between the U.S. government and British oil giant, BP PLC. According to Reuters, the U.S. has filed new court papers, describing examples of what it calls “gross negligence and willful misconduct.” Observers say the court filing is the harshest position taken yet by the American [...]

Ever since the BP Oil spill in 2010, I feel like I’ve been reading about oil spills everywhere. Or perhaps the 2010 grand scale spill brought media attention to a problem we’re facing as a planet of not being able to properly proctor oil and has been garnering media attention since. [...]

As anyone who tries to keep up with current affairs will already know, one of the biggest challenges facing the planet is that of climate change. There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that the activities of humankind have a major bearing on changes in climate – even if this continues [...]

Recent discoveries in the Mexican Gulf Coast remind us once again just how dangerous offshore drilling is. Fishermen and scientists are seeing a rise in mutant aquatic wildlife, such as eyeless shrimp, claw-less crabs, and gill-damaged fish. Of course, this is not to mention the numerous growths, tumors, and lesions [...]

Today a poll was released indicating that 84% of Florida voters support a bill which would see that the fines paid by BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill would be spent on Gulf Restoration. Additionally, the results of the poll indicated that 74% of voters would be likely [...]