but is the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico just a sacrifice zone, then?” asked Don Boesch, a marine scientist who served on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ...

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

Using microphones submerged 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico ... on marine mammals, which was used to determine BP's liability. In the 10 years following the spill, the oil ...

A lot of us longtime Floridians commemorate big events with special T-shirts. Looking back through the collection in our closet is like having a photo album made of 100% cotton. Tom Petty Concert 1995 ...

News reports of pirating — part of the marine lists ... 14, 1947 in the Gulf of Mexico forty-three miles South of Morgan City, Louisiana,” it says. The first, massive oil spill happened ...

(Courtesy: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition) Oil spills can pollute large volumes of surrounding water – thousands of times greater than the spill itself – causing ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A construction vessel leaked oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa this week but caused no environmental damage, according to Japan’s ...

An oil spill ... Damage, known as the "Bunkers Convention". The Bunkers Convention provides a basis for enhanced civil liability and the ability to seek compensation in relation to marine ...

Oil spills have impacted marine life in recent years. Last year, an oil spill that leaked more than 34,000 gallons out in a southern Louisiana bayou killed at least 17 aquatic salamanders and ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico ... Horizon oil spill in 2010, when a BP-operated prospect caused the biggest marine oil spill in ...