With the well capped and surface oil fast disappearing from the Gulf of Mexico, the response to the BP spill seems ready to move to a new phase—and possibly a less intense one. Right now BP is ...

It took 87 days to cap the BP-operated well, during which time millions of barrels of crude poured into the Gulf and coated ...

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White House puts pressure on BP, as BP denies responsibility for spill accident. May 3, 2010 — -- With the White House putting pressure on BP today, company executives promised to clean up the ...

The BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is an incalculable tragedy and there is absolutely no silver lining about it. But if there were anything to at least laugh at, bitterly, in this mess, it’s BP CEO ...

Basic goods and services are being sold to BP at 20 times the regular price. April 17, 2011— -- The massive BP oil spill that devastated the Gulf Coast has turned out to be an economic boon for ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Efforts to close a well spewing oil in the Gulf of Mexico are failing so the Coast Guard is considering lighting the mess on fire. Crews have been unable to stop thousands of ...

BP says it's responsible for whatever cleanup the Gulf oil spill requires. As the oil slick moves closer to show, we hear what could be in store for wildlife, economic interests and America's ...

A new class action lawsuit alleges that BP avoided hiring Asian-American fishermen to help with cleanup efforts in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, bringing fresh attention to the difficulties the ...

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, U.S. — Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a finger pointing into the Gulf of Mexico. Past ...

Forty-six days later, the oil spill is still spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. Depending on whose estimate you trust, somewhere between 22 million and 200 million gallons of oil are now in the water.