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Oil Spill

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Oil

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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Environmental Protection Agency

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

Judiciary

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

Criminal Justice

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

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

Escort Agency Gets Money from BP Oil Spill Claims

Court approved $173,000

Reason Staff | 12.6.2013 4:30 PM

Oil

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

Oil Spill

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

Nearly 300 over two years

Reason Staff | 10.25.2013 3:50 PM

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

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

Federal trial resumes

Reason Staff | 10.1.2013 3:00 PM

Oil Spill

Trial Begins on Whether BP Lied About Gulf Oil Spill

Opening statements today

Reason Staff | 9.30.2013 4:50 PM

Oil Spill

Ex-Halliburton Manager Charged in Oil Spill Probe

Accused of destroying evidence

Reason Staff | 9.19.2013 2:10 PM

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

Judge Denies BP Effort to Halt Spill Payments

Investigations into kickbacks by folks handling the fund

Reason Staff | 7.19.2013 2:30 PM

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

BP Flooded with Settlement Demands Unrelated to Oil Spill

Everybody looking to cash in

Reason Staff | 6.27.2013 11:45 AM

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

Exxon Sued for March Oil Spill in Arkansas

Pipeline rupture caused mayhem in town

Reason Staff | 6.14.2013 11:30 AM

Oil Spill

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

Wind Power

BP Selling Off US Wind Farms

Have to raise money for oil spill settlement

Reason Staff | 4.4.2013 11:23 AM

Oil Spill

Arkansas Probing Oil Spill

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

Reason Staff | 4.2.2013 7:30 PM

Oil Spill

BP Accused of Ignoring Blowout Risk at Deep Water Site

Trial continues

Reason Staff | 3.28.2013 8:20 AM

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

Gulf Coast Oil Spill Trial Begins Today

Many lawsuits against BP

Reason Staff | 2.25.2013 8:28 AM

Oil Spill

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

Oil Spill

Oil Spill on Mississippi River

After two barges hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Reason Staff | 1.27.2013 4:20 PM

Oil Spill

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

Corporate Scandals

Record Penalty Doesn't End BP's Woes

The company still has some gauntlet to run

Reason Staff | 11.16.2012 6:04 PM

Oil Spill

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

Oil

Shell Delays Arctic Oil Drilling Until 2013

A containment dome was damaged during testing

Reason Staff | 9.17.2012 3:37 PM

Oil Spill

DOJ Accuses BP of Gross Negligence in Oil Spill

Charge could increase court damages

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 6:37 PM

Hurricane Isaac

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

Regulation

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

Government Reform

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

Reason Staff | 10.31.2011 1:47 PM

Natural Resources

Ominous Enviro News Updates

Brian Doherty | 3.25.2011 5:31 PM

Economics

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

Oil

Don't Nationalize BP

Big Government is no cure for the failure of Big Oil

Shikha Dalmia | 6.29.2010 12:00 PM

Radical Left

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

Civil Liberties

Oil Gushes and Power Rushes

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

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2010 7:00 AM

Oil Spill

Calls Increasing to Punish BP, Halt Drilling

Jesse Kline | 6.16.2010 2:02 PM

Economics

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

Oil Spill

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

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.14.2010 5:43 PM

Economics

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

Brian Doherty | 6.10.2010 2:04 PM

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