As we’ve unfortunately learned many times before, a bunch of oil dumped into bodies of water doesn’t tend to work out well for the birds and other animals that live in the area. We learned it with ...

HELPING OUT AS WELL. SO THIS IS A GOSLING AND IT’S COVERED IN OIL. IT’S ALL HANDS ON DECK ALONG THE INNER HARBOR AS CREWS WORK TO CLEAN UP THE OIL SPILL AND SAVE WILDLIFE. THAT INCLUDES MARYLAND’S ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Texas A&M researcher says the BP oil spill did at least moderate damage to the tiny animals that live on the sea floor for about 57 square miles around the well that blew out and ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - State documents show a contractor has recovered dozens of oil-covered and injured animals after the Smitty’s Supply Inc. environmental disaster in Tangipahoa ...

CRISIS, AND BUSINESSES THREATENED 15 YEARS AGO. THE BP OIL SPILL HAPPENED. IT’S STILL CONSIDERED ONE OF THE WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN. THE OIL GIANT PAYING OUT $65 ...

A tri-agency effort between the U.S. Coast Guard, Spectrum OpCo, LLC, and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office helped contain a weeklong oil-and-gas well leak located at the border of a ...

Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems, disrupt coastal communities, and impose lasting economic damage.

WEEKS ISLAND – A month after an oil spill in coastal Iberia Parish, the little island at the edge of Vermilion Bay looks bleak. Footsteps churn up oil mixed with mud and ash. A rainbow sheen spreads ...