The EPA will finally review the chemical cocktail used in oil dispersants.

Long-awaited protections for oil dispersants and other oil spill response chemicals released for public comment

District Court decision would allow Clean Water Act violations to continue

What’s colorless and may cause cancer? The chemical industry doesn’t want you to know the answer is styrene—but Earthjustice is taking them on to reveal the truth.

In April 2010, a national nightmare began with a blowout into the Gulf of Mexico. But the hundreds of millions of gallons of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill were just the beginning of the disaster. We are still learning about the real damage, which is much more insidious than tar balls and slicked beaches.…

The Clean Water Act requires EPA to identify the waters in which dispersants and other spill mitigating devices and substances may be used, and what quantities can be used safely in the identified waters, as part of EPA’s responsibilities for preparing and publishing the National Contingency Plan. The Plan governs responses to discharges of oil…

File Clean Water Act lawsuit against lagging EPA

EPA urged to disclose ingredients, test chemicals and set standards

Shrimpers, community groups petition agency for info, clear rules before OK’ing future use