On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon BP oil rig off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Now they face the threat of new drilling and a Mississippi River scheme The danger of deepwater oil operations, combined with the loosening of Obama-era rules, mean the risk of a repeat disaster is ...

Lingering damage and policy changes under President Donald Trump are renewing concerns about offshore drilling risks in the ...

Sixteen years ago on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig started the largest oil spill in ...

Monday, April 20 marks 16 years since the Deepwater Horizon Disaster. On April 20, 2010, 11 people were killed in the rig ...

FILE - A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the ...

The new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce ...

Before the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, the Minerals Management Service was tasked with regulating offshore energy industry — until the agency was dissolved due to widespread corruption.

The 16th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, will be ...

Cameron Parish will receive a sizable grant to help rebuild its vanishing marshlands, state officials announced. The Calcasieu-Sabine Basin will get $122 million from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil ...

The largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history began ten years ago, on April 20, 2010. A massive explosion killed 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, and a... When the Deepwater Horizon ...

NEW ORLEANS — 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 ...