Posted on · A federal judge on Monday approved a $20.8 billion settlement between a group of five Gulf Coast states — including Texas — and BP stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
Posted on · Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill devastated areas along the Gulf of Mexico, federal and state officials have released the latest plans for environmental restoration.
Posted on · Scientists at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have been awarded $118,000 to investigate the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The team of researchers plan to build a model that will test how the oil spill has changed the Gulf environment.
Posted on · Like Harris County and the City of Houston, Metro is getting millions of dollars after settling with oil giant BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Transit officials say they have a good idea as to what to do with the money.
Posted on · The county sued for $23 million in damages following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Posted on · Late last week, the federal government and 5 Gulf states announced an $18.7 billion dollar settlement over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While it represents the largest settlement in American history, some experts say the amount for the damage done barely scratches the surface.
Posted on · With a settlement announced Thursday morning between BP and the federal government, it's now known how much the oil giant will pay Texas and other Gulf Coast states.
Posted on · A federal panel has given tentative approval to more money from BP to fund wildlife restoration along Galveston Island.
Posted on · Scientists says they've found "critical" evidence linking the deaths of dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico to the BP oil spill in 2010. It's the latest challenge to BP's suggestion that dolphins died for other reasons.
Posted on · Five years ago this week, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill would become the worst offshore accident in U.S. history, gushing almost 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf waters. What impact did that have on the environment?
Posted on · Some of the nation's top experts on drilling oil wells offshore are meeting Monday in Houston to talk about preventing another disaster. And this is not just any day. It marks the day five years ago that the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded as it worked to complete an oil well 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana.
Posted on · Five years ago, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.