Oil from last month's spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues to cause major damage to one of the country's most important natural nurseries.

—June 21, 2010 -- Science teachers nationwide are using the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as a "teachable moment" as the school years ends, with most saying environmental issues will ...

The groups claim the sale upends decades of precedent requiring the Department of the Interior to study a project's potential ...

WASHINGTON— Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its decision to hold an offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico despite blatant violations of the law ...

The Interior Department announced a second sale of 80 million acres of the Gulf, set for March. The sales stop at the Florida ...

Nearly every area of Alaska’s oceans are proposed for drilling. Oil spills there would threaten polar bears, walrus and bowhead and beluga whales, along with coastal communities dependent on healthy ...

A billion birds flying straight towards the growing oil spill. July 1, 2010— -- For months, a small army of specialists has been working feverishly to save the birds of the Gulf of Mexico. The ...

A Trump administration proposal to allow more exploration for oil and gas violates environmental laws, the groups said.

Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at ...

A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis said his administration is urging the U.S. Department of Interior to reconsider the new ...

When we last checked in on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a cap had stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf. That cap has held and much of the oil on the surface has dissolved. But this is hardly ...

While the world’s attention has been fixed on the nuclear crisis in Japan, we’re fast coming upon the one-year anniversary of another major environmental disaster: the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill.