NEW ORLEANS — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (507.2 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the ...
Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems, disrupt coastal communities, and impose lasting economic damage.
The federal government hopes to restore 316 acres of wetlands habitat near the site of a 24-year-old environmental incident. Twenty-four years after an oil spill poisoned parts of Oregon’s Yaquina ...