The Deepwater Horizon spill remains one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. More than 15 years later, ...

We’ve got a $1.7 trillion coastal economy,” Rep. Jared Huffman said. “… $1.7 trillion every single year. We’re not going to ...

The discovery of the highly endangered Kemp's ridley turtle has prompted a $380 million restoration plan for 13 miles of ...

Federal agents executed a search warrant at Smitty’s Supply in Tangipahoa Parish as the EPA’s criminal investigation examines ...

The proposed offshore driling plan would open nearly 20 million acres of the eastern Gulf to potential oil and gas activity.

Today in History for Jan. 29: In 993, Ulric, bishop of Augsburg in present-day Germany from 923 to 973, was formally canonized by Pope John XV. It was the first recorded canonization by a Catholic ...

In 1969, an offshore oil platform near Santa Barbara suffered a blowout that should never have been possible under existing safety rules. Federal regulators had allowed critical casing requirements to ...