A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is asking for a federal judge's permission to travel freely throughout the U.S. while he is free on bond. Full story
(Reuters) - BP Plc <BP.L> won preliminary court approval of an estimated $7.8 billion settlement to resolve more than 100,000 claims by individuals and businesses stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Full story
(Reuters) - The U.S. government said a trial to assign blame and damages among BP Plc and others over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should not be delayed until after a hearing over a $7.8 billion settlement of private party claims. Full story
Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham and Doug Inkley, a biologist with “National Wildlife Federation,” joins Melissa Harris-Perry on the two-year anniversary of the BP oil spill as they discuss the chronology of the of the disaster, and the environmental aftereffects that are still lingering.
Author and journalist Antonia Juhasz reports on the environmental recovery, human costs and government response in the Gulf Coast in the wake of the BP oil spill disaster from two years ago.
As the two-year anniversary of the BP oil spill approaches, the NOW w/ Alex Wagner panel - joined by former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist - revisits the lingering effects of environmental disaster.
As the second anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf coast approaches, husband and wife filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell talk about their documentary “The Big Fix” with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan, as they warn of Congress’ lacking prevention measures of a similar disaster.
Preparations to drill a relief well continue at the Macondo oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico, in this aerial photograph taken from a coast guard helicopter on August 21, 2010. REUTERS/Ann Driver
A picture provided by Shell and taken on December 20, 2011, shows an oil slick resulting from a spill at the company's Bonga offshore facility, 120 km off the Nigeria coast.
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Toby Zerna/Newspix / Rex USA Toby and Percina the Fairy Penguins, from Coffs Harbour Pet Porpoise Pool, trying on a jumper that will be sent to Phillip Island Nature Reserve, for the rehabilitation of penguins involved in oil spills, who lose essential natural oils from
