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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Oil-soaked pelicans struggling to fly came to symbolize the catastrophic impacts of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the inhabitants of the Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen years later, brown ...

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 ...

Cleanup workers try to scoop up all the toxic globs on Pensacola Beach from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill. Now BP is back with a new deep water drilling plan. (Photo via Florida Sea Grant) How ...

Charitable donations to the human victims of the BP oil spill are turning out to be miniscule compared to those for other recent disasters, according to MSNBC. The explosion that began the spill also ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers estimate that some 1 million birds, across 93 species, were killed due to the disaster, when an oil rig operated by BP Exploration & ...