Ten years after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, offshore drilling remains dirty and dangerous and the industry’s safety record is unacceptable. The disaster’s environmental devastation lingers, and scientists continue to study the impacts of the spill’s toxic oil pollution. The science is and has been clear that it’s time to stop offshore oil drilling. And … Read more

In addition to an ever-present threat of another large drilling disaster like the BP Deepwater Horizon, offshore drilling produces dirty and dangerous waste every day. Chronic pollution from oil drilling hurts plants, animals and people Oil drilling pollutes our waters, land and air. In addition to catastrophic disasters, hundreds of oil spills occur each year … Read more

In the U.S., nearly 40% of people live near the coast, where the threat of offshore drilling could ruin their way of life. Offshore drilling not only brings with it the risk of a toxic oil spill like BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy – it fuels climate change, one of the most serious and potentially … Read more

Offshore drilling comes with many dangers, including the risk of toxic oil spills that pollute the ocean and coastlines, shutter coastal businesses and destroy livelihoods in fishing communities. Oil spills happen every year but the disaster response in the wake of these harmful events remains inefficient and inadequate. The 2010, BP Deepwater Horizon disaster spewed … Read more

Ten years ago today, the Coast Guard halted Deepwater Horizon disaster response because Tropical Storm Bonnie was headed toward the Gulf of Mexico. Oil stopped flowing into the Gulf only a week earlier, 87 days after the disaster began. Plans to permanently seal the well were put on hold and clean-up workers were evacuated. Tropical … Read more

A roller coaster ride of confusion and turmoil followed the BP Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and spill, which lasted an unimaginable 87-days. Finally, on July 15, 2010, the spewing well 5,000 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico was capped at last. Months earlier in April, BP initially believed the well’s blowout preventer mechanism meant … Read more

Oceana/Jess Howard Yesterday, top business leaders, local elected officials, state lawmakers and military leaders from across the country urged Congress to block the expansion of risky offshore drilling along their coasts. During a virtual day of advocacy, residents who depend on a clean and healthy ocean urged lawmakers to protect our oceans from expanded drilling. … Read more

Ten years ago today, a research ship studying devastation from BP’s Deepwater Horizon found a dead  25-foot-long endangered sperm whale. Oil had been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for almost two months, without an end in sight. And as a result, the disaster killed almost 100 endangered sperm whales in the Gulf out of a … Read more