How an offshore drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico turned into one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. waters.

In addition to Padilla, Heinrich, and Huffman, the letter was signed by U.S. Representative Luz Rivas (D-Calif.-29).

The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and resulting oil spill ranks as one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Much has been learned to date about preventing, responding to, and ...

A CEREMONY will be held in Aberdeen on Monday to remember those who died in the Piper Alpha incident 38 years ago. The ...

The rapidly expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico appears certain to be a huge environmental and economic disaster. News reports have detailed the peril for the fragile Louisiana wetlands, beaches ...

How could a single wave destroy one of the most advanced offshore rigs ever built? This documentary explores the 1982 sinking of the Ocean Ranger, the catastrophic chain of failures that followed, and ...

Over the past several years, public support for offshore drilling has faltered. While 59.2% of Americans supported drilling for oil off the U.S. coast in 2022, by 2024 that share had fallen to 52.4%.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New ...

Officials who examined federal oversight of the offshore oil and gas industry after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster said regulatory changes by the Obama administration were necessary and shouldn’t be ...

BP has criticized the new "Deepwater Horizon" film as being an inaccurate Hollywood dramatization of the deadly oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. "The Deepwater Horizon movie is ...