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 ...

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

Some lawmakers appeared unfamiliar with an administration plan to undo reforms stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil ...

Officials who examined federal oversight of the offshore oil and gas industry after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster said ...

Eight years after the deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion, a safety watchdog aims to prevent another disaster. But it faces multiple challenges, and a shift in focus under the Trump administration.

A member of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's staff wearing a glove reaches into thick oil on the surface of the northern regions of Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La., in June 2010. The well ...

For decades, there’s been a quasi-clandestine accord about expanding oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Nobody wanted to go there — well, except the oil and gas companies aching to root around for ...

In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 and ignited a fireball so large it could be seen from 40 miles away. For nearly ...

Move would reintegrate law enforcement and industrial promotion, which were separated by Obama due to conflicts of interest that led to the worst oil spill in US history ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...