US OFFICIALS said BP Plc killed its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico after creating another cement seal, plugging the source of the largest offshore oil spill in US history.

Crews on Friday began pumping cement into BP

Refineries, such as BP's in Carson, Calif., must cut their emissions sharply under the California law. Oil refiners are stepping up their campaign to suspend a landmark California environmental law, and proponents of clean technology are writing their own checks to defend the law.

BP attempted to place much of the blame for the rig blast that led to the United States

Washington: A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP

May Have To Pay Up To $20 B To Clean Up Areas Polluted Due to Faulty Drilling In Equador
Hugh Bronstein LAGO AGRIO, ECUADOR

ARUN-DOWN court building that also houses the local casino in this Amazon jungle town is the unlikely venue for the largest environmental damages lawsuit ever tried.

On the first floor, people play for pennies in The Mirage bingo and slot machine parlor.

Narayan Lakshman

Washington: The persistence of a giant plume of oil in the Gulf of Mexico suggests that the long-term impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill may be worse than earlier assumed, a scientific study has revealed.

In the latest issue of Science magazine, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) discussed their investigations of a plume of hydrocarbons at l

NEW ORLEANS: As BP works to finally kill its runaway well and anxious coastal residents breathe a sigh of relief, experts warn it could take years