US closes response command for BP oil well

US authorities Friday closed the special incident command center for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill more than five months after the accident...

Gulf compensation chief retreats from promises to speed claims process

Just over two weeks ago, Kenneth Feinberg took over the process for handling damage claims from the Gulf oil spill...

Oil Spill: Jindal Plan Draws Criticism From Feds, Scientists

Bobby Jindal, a Republican, has criticized the Obama administration for weeks, using fiery language...

Little spent on oil spill cleanup technology

While oil companies have spent billions of dollars to drill deeper and farther out to sea...

Shoddy disposal work mars crude cleanup

A leaky truck filled with oil-stained sand and absorbent boom soaked in crude pulls away from the beach, leaving tar balls in a public parking lot

BP oil spill 'could be double original estimate'

An internal BP document released on Sunday showed that the company has estimated that oil could pour from its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of 100,000barrels a day..