BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill timeline
-
Computer Model Results Suggest More than a Third of Oil Slick Gone
The Deepwater Horizon disaster has led to the release of million of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but figuring out where it all is has... Read more
-
White House Insists BP Pay Oil Spill Cleanup Regardless of Cost
The White House's latest message to BP is a simple one: Talk is cheap, so you better pay up in the Gulf. Company officials have said a few times... Read more
-
Scientists Find Enormous Oil Plumes Under Gulf Spill
It's not clear why the plumes are forming underwater as they are, but one theory is that the chemical dispersants now being used are at the root of... Read more
-
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Acknowledges Failure of Government Oversight in Gulf Oil Spill
Ken Salazar admitted today that the government should have had better standards in place on the devices built to prevent disasters on offshore oil... Read more
-
United States and Cuba Hold Rare Bilateral Talks to Discuss Protecting Gulf of Mexico from Oil Spills
The United States and Cuba are holding rare talks to discuss the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the State Department said today. The... Read more
-
Scientists Criticize White House Response to Oil Spill
With heavy oil at last washing ashore in Louisiana, scientists are slamming the Obama administration for responding to the Deepwater Horizon spill... Read more
-
US EPA Orders BP to Use Less Toxic Chemical in Oil Spill Cleanup
In a move that suggests the dispersants being dumped on the Gulf oil spill may not be so Earth-friendly, the EPA last night gave BP 24 hours to... Read more
-
BP Admits 5,000-Barrel Per Day Spillage Estimate Too Small
The amount of oil being captured is only a portion of the total because the company is catching oil from only one of two leaks. BP has also... Read more
-
EPA States Possible Ban of BP from Government Contracts Following Suspension of All Negotiations
Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts, a move that would... Read more
-
President Obama Names Senator Bob Graham and Former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly to Gulf Oil Spill Panel
President Obama announced today that former Florida Sen. Bob Graham and former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly will lead a presidential... Read more
-
Leaked Report Shows Inappropriate Behavior and Lack of Oversight by Government Oil Industry Regulators
Federal regulators responsible for oversight of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico allowed industry officials several years ago to fill in their own... Read more
-
Philippe Cousteau, Jr. Dives into Gulf Oil Spill, Providing Underwater Footage of Pollution
Philippe Cousteau Jr, the grandson of famous marine biologist, Jacques Cousteau, recently scuba dived into an area of the Gulf that was affected by... Read more
-
Obama Administration Announces Suspension of Arctic Ocean Drilling Following Gulf Spill Disaster
The Obama administration is suspending proposed exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says in a report to be... Read more
-
BP Begins 'Top Kill' Oil Spill Containment, Plugging Well with Mud and Cement
The "top kill" is under way. BP has begun pumping heavy mud into the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in an attempt to seal it. Cement will... Read more
-
MMS Chief Elizabeth Birnbaum Steps Down Amidst Oil Spill Crisis
The head of the troubled U.S. agency that oversees offshore drilling - which President Obama said was "plagued by corruption" at the beginning of... Read more
-
BP Abandons 'Top Kill' Oil Containment Strategy
BP will now try anew by cutting the pipe that lies deep underwater and fitting a containment valve over the leak, an effort expected to take four... Read more
-
BP Turns to Undersea Robots and Containment Valves after Failure of 'Top Kill'
BP is hurriedly devising yet another mix of risky undersea robot maneuvers and containment devices to fight the worst oil spill in US history,... Read more
-
Activists Descend Upon Streets of New Orleans to Express Discontent at Oil Cleanup
New Orleans residents are catching on, and suspicions that BP has no reliable plan other than drilling a relief well—which may not be complete... Read more
-
Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Criminal Investigation into Gulf Oil Spill
Attorney General Eric Holder said today that federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf oil spill. The... Read more
-
Energy Secretary Steven Chu Strikes Down Calls to Use Nuclear Weapons to Seal Leaking Oil Well
Decades ago, the Soviet Union reportedly used nuclear blasts to successfully seal off runaway gas wells, inserting a bomb deep underground and... Read more
-
BP Oil Spill Containment Effort Delayed by Saw Stuck in Pipe
The saw being used to cut through the pipe on the damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has become stuck, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said at a... Read more
-
James Cameron Criticizes BP for Refusing his Help and Resources in Dealing with Gulf Oil Spill
Blockbuster king James Cameron's offer to help BP stem the flow of oil from a leaking Gulf of Mexico well was spurned by the oil giant, even though... Read more
-
Pipe Successfully Cut in Key Step Toward Halting Leak
Adm. Thad W. Allen, who is commanding the federal response to a spill that has been called the nation’s worst environmental disaster, told a news... Read more
-
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Releases Computer Model Suggesting Ocean Currents will Carry Oil Spill out to Atlantic Ocean
The computer simulations indicate that, once the oil in the uppermost ocean has become entrained in the Gulf of Mexico’s fast-moving Loop Current,... Read more
-
Oil Spill Reaches Florida Coast
Tar balls and oil have finally invaded Northwest Florida's pristine coastline, turning Pensacola and Navarre beaches into a spectacle of media... Read more