The Deepwater Horizon oil spill seems to divide people into two categories: those who can’t forget, and those who refuse to remember. In the first camp are Gulf Coast residents and environmentalists ...

As oil becomes harder to find Gov. Jindal and others want fishing to begin again BURAS, Louisiana, July 27, 2010— -- On day 99 of BP's oil spill crisis, almost a quarter of the Gulf of Mexico ...

In past disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the federal government was in charge. But this time, BP - the oil giant that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig - has been designated the “responsible ...

Every American adult can summon up searing images from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

From the very beginning of the BP oil spill—when reporters were told that there probably was no oil spill at all—the people in charge have consistently underestimated the size of the spill. After that ...

Charitable donations to the human victims of the BP oil spill are turning out to be miniscule compared to those for other recent disasters, according to MSNBC. The explosion that began the spill also ...

Thicker oil than ever hitting shore, as workers try new cleanup techniques. June 9, 2010— -- With more oil from the BP spill now coming ashore than ever, the environmental crisis along the Gulf ...

It’s Day 100 of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf, and if you just read the New York Times and Washington Post headlines this morning, you might be feeling pretty hopeful that soon enough, you won’t ...