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How the BP oil spill hurt Gulf Coast wildlife and livelihoods
Five years ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 and sending a torrent of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. When it was finally capped, more than 100 million gallons had spilled, resulting in the deaths of…
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Halliburton Admits Destroying Evidence in ‘Grim Sorting Out’ of Gulf Spill Blame
Halliburton Admits Destroying Evidence in 'Grim Sorting Out' of Gulf Spill Blame…
Attorney General Holder Announces Legal Resolution to BP Oil Spill
EmbedVideo(4984, 482, 304); BP has agreed to plead guilty to 14 federal criminal counts related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and the subsequent oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico for months and…
BP to Pay $7.8 Billion in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
BP says it has reached a $7.8 billion settlement with lawyers representing thousands of plaintiffs who were affected by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The announcement came late Friday as a much anticipated trial in a New…
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in 2010; Photo by U.S. Coast Guard. A government report out Wednesday finds that British oil giant BP bears the lion's share of blame for the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig…
With this week marking the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and start of the Gulf oil spill, we checked back with Christopher Choy, a roustabout who survived the blast on the rig, to see how he is…
In southern Louisiana, life revolves around the water. Half of Louisiana's residents live in coastal areas, and nearly 30 percent of America's seafood comes from the Gulf region. Jon Bowermaster's latest documentary, "SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories", looks at…
Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert's work captured the environmental and personal toll of the Deepwater Horizen oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Herbert narrates a slide show of his images from the spill's early days and the subsequent struggle to…
It was a year ago Wednesday that a massive oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico with an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. It took three months to seal the underwater oil gusher, and the region…
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