Key ships stationed over BP's crippled Gulf well were ordered to evacuate Thursday ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie, but the leaky cap affixed to the well head will stay closed while they are gone. BP - Mexico - Federal government of the United States - Gulf of Mexico - United States
Some vacationers are taking no chances on a forecast like "sunny with a chance of tar balls," so they're going elsewhere, from Cape Cod to Costa Rica. Cape Cod - United States - Massachusetts - Counties - Barnstable
The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks is fast becoming a terrible reality. Barack Obama - Oil spill - Gulf Coast of the United States - President of the United States - United States
Teams of lawyers from around the nation are mobilizing for legal battles over the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, filing more than two dozen potential class-action lawsuits.
The surface area of a catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill has quickly tripled in size amid growing fears that the slick could become vastly more devastating than it seemed just two days ago. Gulf Coast - Wetland - Oil - Mississippi - United States
An oil spill that threatens to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spreads out of control and starts washing ashore along the Gulf Coast. Gulf of Mexico - Oil spill - Energy - BP - United States
