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BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]

On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries....

New Report Slams BP's Lack of 'Discipline'

(Nov. 17) -- BP's lack of "discipline" and "insufficient consideration of risk" contributed to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to an interim report from a panel of experts. The 28-page report by 15 scientists at the National Academy of Engineering was commissioned by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and was...

Spill Panel Co-Chairmen: BP Culture 'Did Not Promote Safety'

WASHINGTON (Nov. 9) -- The co-chairmen of the presidential Oil Spill Commission this morning stepped back from statements made by the panel's lead investigator Monday that there is no evidence safety was compromised to save money. Bob Graham, former Florida senator and governor, said the multiple remarks by Fred Bartlit,...

Scientists Find Dead Coral Near Site of BP Oil Spill

(Nov. 6) -- Scientists have found dead coral in the Gulf of Mexico only a few miles from where the BP oil well blew out six months ago, raising new concerns that damage from the massive spill may be worse than reported. "The compelling evidence that we collected constitutes a smoking gun," Charles Fisher, a Penn State...

NOAA Launches Mission to Solve BP Oil Mystery

(Sept. 24) -- The NOAA research ship Pisces set off on a new mission today to search for oil that a University of Georgia biologist reported finding on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month. The trip is part of an initiative launched by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to sort out the...