Spill of National Significance

'Spill Of National Significance' Declared Over Gulf Oil Spill

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Offshore Drilling -- Opening Pandora's Box

Karl Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Karl Grossman

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.