Louisiana and Texas scientists gathered on the Tulane University campus Thursday to comment on a proposed sampling plan aimed at answering lingering questions about how much oil and dispersant remains in …

… National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … Gulf remain closed to fishing, down from a peak of 37 percent in early June due to the BP oil disaster . The opening takes effect at 5 p.m. central time today …

View full size Gerald Herbert, The Associated Press New marsh grass was photographed Tuesday in an area that had been impacted by the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill near East Grand Terre Island. More …

Every day during the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster , contractors sprayed an average 140,000 pounds of Corexit dispersant onto oil slicks on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and into the oil being released a …

Every day during the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster , contractors sprayed an average 140,000 pounds of Corexit dispersant onto oil slicks on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and into the oil being released a …

The head of the EPA’s office of research and development defended Wednesday the unprecedented use of dispersants in breaking up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill , even as a panel of environmentalists characterized …

Diamond Offshore Drilling’s Ocean Confidence, a semi-submersible deepwater rig, is slowly making its two-month 7,000-mile voyage to the waters of the Congo. Meanwhile, Diamond’s Ocean Endeavor, still in the …

A hundred days ago, shop owner Cherie Pete was getting ready for a busy summer serving ice cream and po-boys to hungry fishers. Local official Billy Nungesser was planning his wedding. Environmental activist …

At the request of BP and with the aid of the federal government, state health officials from Texas to Florida are retooling their pending requests that the energy giant finance expanded public mental health services in …

The nonprofit Louisiana Bucket Brigade released a critical review Tuesday of the air-monitoring program established by the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill . View full size Dave …