Oceanic oil spills are one of the worst events humanity can inflict upon the natural world. Whether it's from an oil rig's mishap or deliberate wartime actions, oil being dumped into the ocean can ...

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

When BP looks at the spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico that now threatens flora, fauna and livelihoods along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, it's really seeing money floating ...

Two alarming reports from National Public Radio and The New York Times this morning suggest that the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is far greater than the official government estimate.

We Can Rule Out Worst-Case Scenarios The Atlantic's Megan McArdle asks, "How bad is it really? ... There's a phase in disasters--often quite long--when people start treating the worst-case scenarios ...

One year after the worst oil spill in US history, what's the condition of the environment, the economy and the culture from Louisiana to Florida? What's been done to make sure a similar disaster ...

Donations to victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history pale in comparison to other recent disasters, a development some philanthropy experts attribute to the blame factor. While there are no ...

When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades. More than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels) of oil ...

Sophie Mongalvy of the American Foreign Press is reporting that authorities are rushing to clean up Nigeria’s worst oil spill in recent history, before the crude reaches the West African nation’s ...

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 ...

Wednesday kicked off a two-day emergency preparedness exercise in the Duluth-Superior harbor. The Coast Guard, along with more than 15 federal, state, and local partners, is training to respond to a ...

Decades of research shows waves, wind and darkness would defeat containment efforts for much of the year, raising questions ...