Fishermen struggle 15 years after the BP oil spill

24 April 2025, 8:46 am

Commercial fishermen in the Gulf are still grappling with the effects of the BP oil spill, 15 years later. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the ...... Read More »

Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, Big Oil is still making risky offshore drilling bets | Opinion

23 April 2025, 7:42 am

The BP Deepwater Horizon spill forced massive job losses and damage to ecosystems and wildlife and nearly put a Gulf boat captain out of business.... Read More »

15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

21 April 2025, 5:40 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the ...... Read More »

Offshore drilling near Florida is bad for local businesses like mine | Column

21 April 2025, 1:00 pm

But none pose a greater threat than offshore oil drilling. The risk of a catastrophic oil spill is simply too high — and it’s a risk we should never take. Floridians have consistently opposed ...... Read More »

15 Years Later: Remembering the BP spill that killed 11 and devastated the coast

20 April 2025, 4:03 pm

Sunday (April 20) marks 15 years since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and unleashing the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. It took 87 ...... Read More »

15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

20 April 2025, 11:57 am

NEW ORLEANS — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf ... the effects of the nation's worst offshore oil spill are still being felt. Oil company BP paid billions ...... Read More »

The Deepwater Horizon disaster: Lasting impacts and lingering questions 15 years later

20 April 2025, 12:00 am

Memories of the 2010 explosion and spill that killed 11 workers and dumped 134 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico are still strong in Texas.... Read More »

15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

19 April 2025, 1:00 pm

FILE - A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico ... clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020.... Read More »

‘Drill baby drill’ ignores lessons from the Deepwater Horizon disaster | Column

17 April 2025, 1:00 pm

The oil drilling platform blew up 15 years ago ... contamination and fear — reflects the grave threat expanded offshore drilling poses to many of the nation’s coastal communities today. A 2012 study ...... Read More »

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