The Gulf Oil spill stopped, outlook improving for the region. The BP owned oil rig wreaking havoc on the Gulf Of Mexico since an April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion has been capped. The cap was effectively installed on on Thursday, July 15, 2010. Official U.S. Coast Guard...
The Gulf Oil Spill worsens as Obama falters during his first Oval Office Address. Since an April 20, 2010 explosion at an oil platform leased by BP, an estimated 210,000 gallons or more of crude oil have spewed into the Gulf of Mexico daily. On the fifty sixth day since the leak began,...
An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following last week's explosion may be the worst offshore oil rig spill in 40 years. The explosion of a BP platform took the lives of 11 workers and is wreaking havoc in the surrounding ocean waters. Officials have deployed underwater robots to stem the massive...
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulting from an offshore platform explosion on April 20, 2010 is worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The Gulf of Mexico faces 210,000 gallons of crude oil furiously pouring out of the Deepwater Horizon site which claimed the lives of 11 workers. The only...
Gulf Oil Spill result of faulty safety device per Transocean Employee Tyrone Benton. BBC News was first to report the possible cause of the massive, estimated 60,000 gallon per day oil leak, caused by an exposion of the BP owned oil rig on April 20, 2010. BBC News also maintains that...
The Gulf Oil Spill burn off fires create toxic gas. Chemist Wilma Subra and Scientist MacArthur Grant offered a video for Takepart.com highlighting the significant, long term risks of burning the oil in the Gulf. Subra and Grant conclude that burning off the oil, though an easy and...
Brad Pitt used harsh words for those responsible for the oil spill that devastated the Gulf Coast for more than four months, PopCrunch.com reports.The Oscar-nominated actor says he was against the death penalty before the crisis but he is now “willing to look at it again” after bearing witness to...
BP declines invitation to three day oil spill hearings with top U.S. Officials. Mississippi state House Speaker Billy McCoy and Lt. Governor Phil Bryant created the Mississippi House of Representatives Select Committee on the Gulf Coast Disaster in May 2010. The mission of the Committee...
A Gulf of Mexico Update: Tugboat hits wellhead, more oil spills into waters near a Louisiana marsh area. The captain of the tug boat notified officials upon the collision between his vessel and the well head just before dawn on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Official reports from MSNBC indicate that...
An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is threatening the U.S. coast. Petty Officer 2nd Class of the U.S. Coast Guard, Prentice Danner reported that the Coast Guard has placed fire resistant containment booms along the shores of Louisiana to thwart the oil spill. The Coast Guard is uncertain how far...
