Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

What's happening now in the Gulf of Mexico will occur more often if the plan to open more offshore waters to oil and gas drilling moves ahead -- such drilling and spillage are intertwined.

VENICE, La. — The government has sent skimmers, booms and other resources to clean up a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that's become fa...

An explosion on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana began gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, leaking 42,000 gallons of oil into the ...

On April 20, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and commencing months of oil leaking unrestrained into ...