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What’s happening: BP, the company behind the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. Why it matters: BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released 4.9 million barrels of oil that blanketed the Gulf…

BP’s proposed Kaskida project could become a sequel to Deepwater Horizon.

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the most destructive in U.S. history. Now, the company wants to go into deeper and riskier waters in the Gulf.

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

The Trump administration is opening millions of acres of ocean to oil companies. New offshore drilling risks huge oil spills.

As we find ourselves in the grip of another catastrophe, it’s worth reflecting on how the nation and the oil industry responded to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

The only thing we can truly trust this industry to do is fight to preserve its business model and secure profits for its shareholders.

Exenciones y restricciones a la Regla del Control de Pozos ponen en riesgo muchas vidas

Waivers and rollback of Well Control Rule put lives at risk.

Letter comes on eve of the 14th anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill

15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we’re suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.

The bill includes proposals to sell out our public lands and waters to corporate interests

Rule repeal will remove critical safeguards to prevent another well blowout and oil spill

Chris Eaton, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “It’s important to make sure that to the extent that there is oil and gas development still happening, that it’s done safely.”

Steve Mashuda, Managing Attorney, Oceans Program: “If you’re concerned about whales being harmed by offshore energy, I’ve got a whale in the Gulf of Mexico I’d like you to meet. The Deepwater Horizon spill killed close to a quarter of the population alone. The Gulf doesn’t belong to the oil industry, the Gulf belongs to…

Judge strikes down federal assessment that allowed dangerous oil and gas drilling to kill imperiled wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico.

Una nueva opinión biológica federal no aborda los daños causados por la perforación de combustibles fósiles en el Golfo de México.

New federal biological opinion fails to address harm from fossil fuel drilling in the Gulf