Many experts say cleanup efforts for oil spills are "largely ineffective," especially when leaks occur in large bodies of ...

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

With one day left to… U.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill The Justice ... of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The restoration funding for the Barataria Basin — approximately 1.5 million acres of wetlands southwest of New Orleans — is part of the more than $8 billion settlement the state was awarded after BP’s ...

The state has used some $8.5 billion in funds related to fines and settlements from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill ...

He spent years wrestling with the Port of Portland over whether wildlife or a marine terminal belonged on West Hayden Island.

A heavily oiled heron in Plaquemines Parish, La., is seen on June 26, 2010, after being rescued from the waters of Barataria Bay, which became laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill. (AP ...

In a letter to the head of DOT’s Maritime Administration last week, EPA Region 6 Administrator Earthea Nance said the agency ...

The proposed amendment could help the state address expected cash shortages for coastal restoration as billions in funding ...

Louisiana’s newly passed offshore wind constitutional amendment will strengthen the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund ...

The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if ...