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Oil Spill

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Hit & Run

Trump Seeks to Open Up Most U.S. Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling

Activists decry plan as a "shameful giveaway" to Big Oil.

Ronald Bailey | 1.5.2018 8:30 AM

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Science/Tech

EPA Reform: 6 Crucial Areas Congress Should Investigate

Proper investigations could help publicize the agency's looniness and yield further details about the agency's questionable methods and relationships.

Jon Utley | 1.17.2015 2:00 PM

Politics

Judge in Oil Spill-Related Case Against Former BP Engineer Didn't See Need to Recuse Himself for Filing Civil Claim for Damages Against BP

Justice!

Reason Staff | 1.23.2014 11:10 AM

Science/Tech

Former BP Engineer Found Guilty of Destroying Evidence Related to 2010 Oil Spill

Evidence was sought by prosecutors

Reason Staff | 12.18.2013 1:50 PM

Policy

BP Sues Lawyer, Accusing Him of False Oil Spill Claims

Firm says he fraudulently claimed to represent thousands of people affected by oil spill to get money

Reason Staff | 12.17.2013 5:10 PM

Policy

Escort Agency Gets Money from BP Oil Spill Claims

Court approved $173,000

Reason Staff | 12.6.2013 4:30 PM

Policy

Feds Allow North Dakota Oil Pipeline to Restart

Regulators think lightning strike may have caused oil spill

Reason Staff | 11.1.2013 3:20 PM

Policy

North Dakota Recorded, But Did Not Report, Hundreds of Oil Spills

Nearly 300 over two years

Reason Staff | 10.25.2013 3:50 PM

Policy

Ex-Halliburton Manager Pleads Guilty to Destroying BP Oil Spill Evidence

Faces a year in prison and $100,000 fine

Reason Staff | 10.15.2013 2:30 PM

Politics

BP on Trial Over Gulf Spill, Could Face $18 Billion in Fines

Federal trial resumes

Reason Staff | 10.1.2013 3:00 PM

Policy

Trial Begins on Whether BP Lied About Gulf Oil Spill

Opening statements today

Reason Staff | 9.30.2013 4:50 PM

Policy

Ex-Halliburton Manager Charged in Oil Spill Probe

Accused of destroying evidence

Reason Staff | 9.19.2013 2:10 PM

Politics

BP Asks Oil Spill Claims Process Be Suspended Based on "New Evidence" of Fraud

Has tried before

Reason Staff | 8.7.2013 11:50 AM

Politics

Halliburton to Plead Guilty to Destroying Evidence in Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Misdemeanor count comes with a $200,000 fine and three years probation

Reason Staff | 7.26.2013 12:28 PM

Policy

Halliburton Agrees To Plead Guilty To Destroying Evidence Relating To Deepwater Horizon Spill

Will have to pay maximum fine

Reason Staff | 7.26.2013 9:32 AM

Policy

Judge Denies BP Effort to Halt Spill Payments

Investigations into kickbacks by folks handling the fund

Reason Staff | 7.19.2013 2:30 PM

Policy

BP Asks Court to Reject Interpretation of Oil Spill Settlement

Claims money being funneled to claimants with "fictitious" damages

Reason Staff | 7.8.2013 12:37 PM

Policy

BP Flooded with Settlement Demands Unrelated to Oil Spill

Everybody looking to cash in

Reason Staff | 6.27.2013 11:45 AM

Policy

BP Calls for Probe of Oil Spill Lawyer

Accused of directing claims to firm in exchange for share of settlement payments

Reason Staff | 6.21.2013 11:52 AM

Policy

Exxon Sued for March Oil Spill in Arkansas

Pipeline rupture caused mayhem in town

Reason Staff | 6.14.2013 11:30 AM

Policy

New York City Sues BP over Oil Spill

Claims city's pension funds lost millions because of company's behavior

Reason Staff | 4.26.2013 6:20 PM

Economics

BP Selling Off US Wind Farms

Have to raise money for oil spill settlement

Reason Staff | 4.4.2013 11:23 AM

Policy

Arkansas Probing Oil Spill

ExxonMobil pipeline released thousands of gallons, forcing the evacuation of 22 homes

Reason Staff | 4.2.2013 7:30 PM

Politics

BP Accused of Ignoring Blowout Risk at Deep Water Site

Trial continues

Reason Staff | 3.28.2013 8:20 AM

Policy

BP Sues, Alleging Fictitious Claims from Oil Spill

Says they face billions in losses from false reports of damages

Reason Staff | 3.18.2013 4:40 PM

Policy

US Seeks Maximum Fine for BP Oil Spill

New Orleans trial will determine extent of civil liability

Reason Staff | 2.25.2013 6:40 PM

Politics

Gulf Coast Oil Spill Trial Begins Today

Many lawsuits against BP

Reason Staff | 2.25.2013 8:28 AM

Policy

Judge OKs $4 Billion BP Settlement

Pleads guilty to manslaughter, other charges over Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Reason Staff | 1.29.2013 5:20 PM

Science/Tech

Oil Spill on Mississippi River

After two barges hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Reason Staff | 1.27.2013 4:20 PM

Policy

Federal Judge Delays Ex-BP Engineer's Trial

Accused of obstruction of justice for deleting texts related to 2010 oil spill

Reason Staff | 1.14.2013 7:45 PM

Policy

Record Penalty Doesn't End BP's Woes

The company still has some gauntlet to run

Reason Staff | 11.16.2012 6:04 PM

Politics

Record Breaking Criminal Penalty for BP Over Deepwater Spill

Between $3 and $5 billion to settle criminal charges

Reason Staff | 11.15.2012 8:52 AM

Economics

Shell Delays Arctic Oil Drilling Until 2013

A containment dome was damaged during testing

Reason Staff | 9.17.2012 3:37 PM

Policy

DOJ Accuses BP of Gross Negligence in Oil Spill

Charge could increase court damages

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 6:37 PM

Science/Tech

Hurricane Isaac Washes Up Oil

Too early to say if oil is from Deep Water Horizon spill

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 8:20 AM

Policy

Deep Water Horizon Tragedy Lives on in Regulation

The government has formalized new regulations proposed after the oil spill two years ago.

Reason Staff | 8.17.2012 10:08 AM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Fulfilling The President's Green Dreams Through Private Competition

Reason Staff | 10.31.2011 1:47 PM

Policy

Ominous Enviro News Updates

Brian Doherty | 3.25.2011 5:31 PM

Politics

Confronting Washington's Job Killers

How costly and unnecessary regulations cripple the American economy

Jon Utley | 8.13.2010 12:30 PM

Politics

The Government's Catastrophic Response to the Oil Disaster

Washington's reaction is causing greater damage than the event itself.

Jon Utley | 7.9.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Don't Nationalize BP

Big Government is no cure for the failure of Big Oil

Shikha Dalmia | 6.29.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on BP's Victims

Reason Staff | 6.23.2010 5:19 PM

Politics

Is Obama an Anglophobe?

The British press certainly thinks so

Michael Moynihan | 6.23.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Oil Gushes and Power Rushes

Obama's "$20 billion shakedown" exemplifies his lawlessness.

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Calls Increasing to Punish BP, Halt Drilling

Jesse Kline | 6.16.2010 2:02 PM

Politics

Who's Liable for the Gulf Oil Spill? You Are.

Government failure and the Gulf oil spill catastrophe

Ronald Bailey | 6.15.2010 4:30 PM

Culture

Act Now to Buy Your Piece of BP Oil Spill Coverage!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.14.2010 5:43 PM

Politics

Who Caused the Oil Spill? After All, It Was You and Me

Brian Doherty | 6.10.2010 2:04 PM

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