In a bizarre twist, actor claims Costner duped him into selling shares in company that separates oil from water.

The final report by President Obama's oil spill commission concludes that the Deepwater Horizon blowout and subsequent massive oil spill was caused by a series

President Obama’s oil spill commission has released its final report on the disaster, and those who put the analysis together certainly had a few interesting

The Gulf oil spill helps BP nab the 2010 Accidental Earth Experiment Award — for creating 'unique data scientists can use to study the Earth.'

The retiring three-term Republican will leave behind many legacies, including a strong anti-environment record.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is back in focus thanks to Lisa Murkowski and the oil spill commission.

An Atlanta jeweler upcycles tarballs picked up from the beaches of Louisiana's Grand Isle into eco-friendly jewelry.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

Actor says Stephen Baldwin's claims that he was duped out of shares in his oil separation company are untrue.

Studios acquire film rights to a NY Times article that chronicles the events leading up to the disaster.

A new report provides a possible scapegoat for BP in last year’s oil spill. Investigators say the blame for the disaster does not lie with BP but instead with

A '60 Minutes' investigation shows that the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig moved its headquarters to avoid paying taxes.

Raising campaign funds is a difficult balancing act for the Louisiana governor.

The Alaskan's idea may be a first step towards compromise on offshore drilling permits, but other concerns could sink it.

President Obama has a tricky balancing act to perform as BP plans to resume offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Planet Green to premiere new documentary about the impact on Gulf residents of the largest oil spill in American history.

Documentary will offer a bird’s-eye view of conservationists’ efforts to save wildlife affected by the disaster.

On the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal tells TODAY that there's still work to be

Chesapeake Energy, which has one of the largest natural gas recovery operations in the country, halts all fracking in the state after a spill on the eve of the

Ambitious, ill-prepared petroleum industry eyes the Gulf, the Arctic, the heartland.

Actor says his oil separation technology coupled with special boats can effectively stop an oil slick from reaching shore.

It's been a little more than a year since the Gulf oil spill. Jeff Corwin visits the Breton Wildlife Center in Louisiana to see how some of the pelicans affecte

Journalist Kate Sheppard covers the world of climate change, politics and energy for Mother Jones magazine.

From pipelines and wind power to Brazil and the EPA, Newt Gingrich devoted a lot of time to energy policy during a camping stop.

Using a sample from the very riser pipe that the plume escaped from, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution chemist Christopher Reddy and his team ascertained tha

There have been thousands of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico in the year since BP's massive oil spill. We shouldn't be surprised.

Shipwrecks are a ticking time bomb of oil waiting for the sea to finish eating through their corroded tanks.

This new documentary is a love song to Big Oil, and it's underwritten by oil and gas interests. Watch the trailer with awe and wonder.

Five rousing books that sound a rallying cry to think about and work toward environmental solutions in fresh, new ways.

Filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Harrell Tickell used their cameras to expose the ugly truth about the spill, when it became clear that the problems are ongoing and

What's your interpretation of this bizarre painting found on the news sharing site Reddit?

Researchers have developed a soap made of iron rich salts which could one day safely clean tainted water.

The amendment, part of a pending transportation bill, marks the Gulf Coast's 'most important conservation victory in a decade,' advocates say.

Actor takes to social media to call out the Oklahoma Republican and his close ties to the oil industry.

Nearly two years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster gushed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls from the spill still turn up on Alaba

While 'America Revealed' with Yul Kwon explores how typical systems work, we also explain new oil cleanup technology and Titanic history.

Two years after the BP oil spill, the Gulf is still suffering a historic dolphin die-off. Experts say oil is a likely culprit, but evidence remains elusive.

Usually folks in Louisiana are upbeat and busy in May, the month when shrimpers get back to work. But this spring, catches are down, docks are idle and anxiety

Stephen Baldwin and a business partner were suing Kevin Costner and his Ocean Therapy Solutions for more than $17 million in damages.

The predicted size of this year's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico depends on whom you ask. One forecast model predicts an unusually small area of oxygen-deplete

At the time of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the spring of 2010, computer models predicted that the 200 million gallons of crude oil pouring out of the gus

More than 12 miles of Louisiana coast have been closed to fishing following the discovery of tar balls and other toxins.

Naturally occurring bacteria gobbled up at least 200,000 tons of oil and natural gas that spewed into the Gulf following the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, a new s

Nancy Rabalais has spent a lifetime documenting the effect of ocean "dead zones." The Louisiana researcher has increased our understanding of these hypoxic zone

The oil giant has pleaded guilty to 12 felony counts and will pay a record $4.5 billion fine. Three of its employees have also been charged with manslaughter.

Three years after the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, here's a look at how various victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are recuperating.

Some of the long-term impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are on the psyches of the people who work there.

But environmental groups say oil is still coming ashore and more work needs to be done.

Recurrent sheens of oil in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill have baffled researchers.

The energy-services giant will plead guilty to destroying evidence after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to the U.S. Justice Department.