Oil industry practices and government rules must be subjected to substantial reform to prevent future accidents similar to BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico last April, said a report released Tuesday…
Facing widespread calls for boycotts, owners responded by hammering home the message that the U.K. oil company doesn’t own most of the retail locations that bear its name. Now as anger fades, business is coming back, and few ow…
The Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may have unleashed a chain of events that could extend economically far beyond the region, threatening one of the world’s most lucrative fishing species — the bluefin tuna. …
The Obama administration will temporarily ban the sale of new offshore oil drilling leases in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday, a policy change made…
The Obama administration will temporarily ban the sale of new offshore oil drilling leases in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday, a policy change made…