The effects of the chemicals used to contain the BP oil spill worry scientists. July 9, 2012— -- Two years ago this week, the wellhead that ruptured on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

Alex threatens to stall cleanup -- Miss. Gov. says his state is at risk. June 28, 2010— -- Just weeks ago, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour claimed that oil was not a big threat to the people of ...

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 ...

Down along the Gulf coast, the beaches look cleaner, the birds less tar-covered, but the longterm consequences of the BP oil spill are leaving their mark under the ocean's surface. Scientists continue ...

On or about Oct. 4, 2010, after Mix learned that his electronic files were to be collected by a vendor working for BP’s lawyers, Mix allegedly deleted on his iPhone a text string containing more than ...

GRAND ISLE, La. — BP said Thursday it plans to increase the amount of oil captured from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico by early next week as the Obama administration announced that the oil ...

LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Findings of the second major investigation by the U.S. government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press BP into putting over $30 billion on the table to quickly ...

As expected, BP announced this morning that human whipping boy Tony Hayward will be stepping down as CEO, to be replaced in October by the American Bob Dudley. Hayward will be nominated as a ...

The BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is an incalculable tragedy and there is absolutely no silver lining about it. But if there were anything to at least laugh at, bitterly, in this mess, it’s BP CEO ...