The Deepwater Horizon spill remains one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. More than 15 years later, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Remember the Deepwater Horizon incident that happened a few years ago? The one that killed 11 workers, spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and is widely regarded as the worst ...

If you thought the BP oil disaster in the Gulf region was the worst oil spill in the history of the world, think again. It is being reported that foreign oil companies spill more than 1.5 million tons ...

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 ...