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In Memory of @BPDeezNutzz, the Best Greentrolling Account to Ever Grace Twitter

@BPDeezNutzz expertly trolled oil and gas giant BP before Twitter suspended the account amid Blue Check chaos.

Signs of BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Persist Over a Decade Later

Spots of solid petroleum residues and oily mats can still be found in coastal wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico, according to a new study.

Energy Lauren Leffer

Halliburton Keeps ‘Losing’ Evidence Of Its Fossil Fuel Screwups

A Halliburton-owned company says evidence that is needed in the Aliso Canyon gas leak investigation was stolen.

Energy Molly Taft

9 Environmental Crimes That Would Make Great Movies

Don't Look Up shows you can make a compelling climate change movie. Here's some more fodder for Hollywood to keep the ball rolling.

Climate Change Molly Taft

Oil From the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster Continues to Spread in Disturbing Ways

The effects of this infamous oil spill are still being felt more than a decade later.

Energy George Dvorsky

We’re About to Lose One of Our Best Tools to Study the BP Oil Spill’s Fallout

BP’s Deepwater Horizon platform exploded 10 years ago today, but the Gulf of Mexico may never be the same. That’s especially true for the deep seas around the site, where researchers have yet to see any major improvement in the decade following the environmental disaster that saw nearly 5 million barrels of oil gush into…

Earther Yessenia Funes

NOAA Investigates Surge in Dead Dolphins Along the Gulf Coast

Since the beginning of February, over 260 bottlenose dolphin strandings have been documented along the northern Gulf Coast, prompting the declaration of an “unusual mortality event.” The reason for the strandings isn’t entirely clear, but indications point to excessive freshwater from rain—and even the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, which has comprised dolphin health. The unusual…

Biology George Dvorsky

This Dolphin Getting Breathalyzed Is All of Us

By now, you probably know that humans are really screwing up the ocean. Climate change aside, we often dump oil into it, ruining the lives of whatever animals live nearby. Just imagine if someone drilled for oil right in the center of your house and then accidentally got the toxic black sludge all over your…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Deepwater Horizon Movie Ironically Looks Like an Ad For BP

The trailer for Deepwater Horizon was just released—an upcoming movie about the 2010 oil rig explosion that killed eleven people and caused one of America’s worst environmental disasters. And if the finished film is anything like the trailer, I suspect it will be one giant (and perhaps unintentional) crisis management advertisement for the BP oil…

Movies Matt Novak

Dispersant Used to Fight Deepwater Horizon More Toxic to Coral Than Oil

It’s almost five years since Deepwater Horizon went belly up—and now research suggeststhat a dispersant used to clear up the site of the spill is more toxic to cold water corals than the oil itself. In research carried out by scientists from Temple University and the Pennsylvania State University, it was found that cold-water coral…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Where Deepwater Horizon’s Oil Went—and How Researchers Found It

It’s over four years since Deepwater Horizon went belly up—but the whereabouts of two million barrels of oil that burst out from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has remained a mystery. Now, a team of scientists believe they’ve found it. Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of California,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

MIT Develops Way to Magnetically Separate Oil from Water

After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it seemed everyone was on the brink of discovering the definitive method for separating oil from water. Hair. Straw. Sand. A lot of suggestions were thrown out there by the happy-to-help public. Now the bright minds at MIT say they’ve developed a new technique…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Surreal images of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, taken minutes after the first explosion

Over at Grist, Jess Zimmerman points to some rarely-seen photos of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform disaster. These were posted in a digital camera forum shortly after the disaster began to unfold, and were apparently taken by oilfield workers on the scene. They show what must have been the very first moments after the explosion,…

io9 Annalee Newitz

BP Has Another Spill On Their Hands

Seriously? BP admitted today that a pipeline leak on Saturday resulted in “2,100 to 4,200 gallons” of methanol and oily water being spilled onto the Alaskan tundra. After last year’s 5 million barrels spilt, can they really afford even small screw-ups? https://gizmodo.com/the-cost-of-the-bp-disaster-one-year-later-5793909 [Yahoo News]

Tech News Kwame Opam

The Cost of the BP Disaster, One Year Later

Exactly a year ago, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank to the bottom of the ocean, beginning the slow underwater seep of 5 million barrels of oil. Today, the Gulf is better—but the disaster’s damage remains. The Economist explores the BP spill’s longterm consequences so far, and comes up with mixed sentiments. On the…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Why the Gulf oil spill is polluting our skies

The Gulf oil spill was an ecological disaster of unmitigated proportions — but some scientific good may come from it. As a side effect of this horrific incident, for the first time scientists have been able to observe how the oil becomes an aerosol, transferring from the sea to the air in an unspoiled environment.…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Bacteria ate up all the methane that spilled from the Deepwater Horizon well

All the methane that erupted in the Deepwater Horizon disaster has disappeared. What happened to it? One theory says it was eaten. On April 20, 2010, a bubble of methane raced up the drill column of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, bursting through the seals and barriers in its way. By the time it exploded…

io9 Ed Yong - Discover

Exhaustive Investigation Details Final Moments of the Doomed Deepwater Horizon

Earlier this year one of the worst oil-related disasters ever caused by man started with a deadly explosion. Now, eight months later, questions are answered. Chief among them is how a rig with so many failsafes could fail so spectacularly. Some of those questions were answered this weekend as part of an exhaustive New York…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Breaking Waves showcases the fury and fragility of the sea

Need a break from holiday commercialism? Want to send a much-needed gift to groups cleaning up one of 2010’s worst disasters? Great! Check out Breaking Waves, an anthology featuring award-winning writers like Ursula K. Le Guin and Vonda McIntyre. After the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April, YA fantasy author Tiffany…

Books & Comics Josh Wimmer

BP’s Oil Spill Report Lays Blame on “Multiple Companies and Work Teams”

After five months of investigations, soul-searching and naval-gazing, BP’s released its report today summarizing exactly how a catastrophe such as their Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster could have occurred. And it’s a doozy. Amazingly, BP isn’t shouldering the blame themselves. Oh no. Instead, they’ve generously spread it amongst the “multiple companies and work teams”…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

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In Memory of @BPDeezNutzz, the Best Greentrolling Account to Ever Grace Twitter

Signs of BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Persist Over a Decade Later

Halliburton Keeps ‘Losing’ Evidence Of Its Fossil Fuel Screwups

9 Environmental Crimes That Would Make Great Movies

Oil From the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster Continues to Spread in Disturbing Ways

We’re About to Lose One of Our Best Tools to Study the BP Oil Spill’s Fallout

NOAA Investigates Surge in Dead Dolphins Along the Gulf Coast

This Dolphin Getting Breathalyzed Is All of Us

The Deepwater Horizon Movie Ironically Looks Like an Ad For BP

Dispersant Used to Fight Deepwater Horizon More Toxic to Coral Than Oil

Where Deepwater Horizon’s Oil Went—and How Researchers Found It

MIT Develops Way to Magnetically Separate Oil from Water

Surreal images of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, taken minutes after the first explosion

BP Has Another Spill On Their Hands

The Cost of the BP Disaster, One Year Later

Why the Gulf oil spill is polluting our skies

Bacteria ate up all the methane that spilled from the Deepwater Horizon well

Exhaustive Investigation Details Final Moments of the Doomed Deepwater Horizon

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BP’s Oil Spill Report Lays Blame on “Multiple Companies and Work Teams”

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