What Happens If BP Never Plugs the Gulf Oil Spill?

It’s the ultimate nightmare scenario: all of BP‘s attempts to stanch the Gulf Oil disaster (including drilling relief wells) fail. Not only do the relief wells fail, but the broken pipe starts

Cute Weedoo Electric Airboat Could Clean Up Gulf Wetlands

Oil is still leaking from the broken well in the Gulf, and this adorable little boat just might be what the cleanup crews need to get rid of oil covered grass and plants in the marshy wetlands of the Gulf

Scant Evidence That Dispersants Help in Oil Spill Cleanup

A new report shows that there's little evidence to suggest that massive amounts of chemical dispersants help in oil spill cleanup.

Hooters Girls Donate Pantyhose to Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill

Hooters Girls have really big hearts, which is why they are collecting all of their used and torn pantyhose and donating them to help clean up the Gulf Oil Spill. Their “Project Pantyhose” has

Kevin Costner Announces That BP Will Use His Oil-Cleanup Machines

At a cameo appearance at a Congressional hearing on the BP oil spill, actor Kevin Costner announced that the company had ordered 32 of the half-million-dollar centrifuge machines he's been proposing for

BP Plans to Use EverGreen Burner to Burn Oil in Gulf

As we’ve reported in earlier articles, BP has been trying to contain a portion of the oil that’s been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico in what is being called the biggest oil spill in US

VIDEO: Polymer Coated Cloth Successfully Separates Oil from Gulf Water

It’s been almost 2 months now since the April 20th explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and we’re still in desperate search of a viable solution. Well one

BP Oil Pipe is Cut, “Top Hat” Containment Cap in Place

We’ve come to the point where we’re pretty darn pessimistic about almost any supposed advancements in the BP oil spill saga – but as of yesterday, there seems to be some actual good

BP Refuses to Use Donated Hair Mats to Clean Up Oil Spill

We’ve written about a number of alternative ways to clean up oil spills using natural non-toxic materials ranging from peat moss to mats made from recycled hair. However even in the wake of several

Experts Suggest Nuking the Gulf Oil Leak, US Says Heck No

Every tactic that BP has tried so far to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has failed. Now, experts are saying forget all those cleverly named solutions, and let’s just nuke the thing. The

“Top Kill” Procedure Seems to be Working on the Gulf Oil Spill

An announcement was made on Thursday that BP’s latest crazily named tactic — the “top kill” which we reported on earlier this week — seems to be working to stop the flow of

BP Launches “Top Kill” Tactic to Plug the Gulf Oil Spill

Today BP will launch their “Top Kill” tactic – an attempt to plug the 5 story tall tower of pipes at the source of the Gulf oil leak with a massive amount of heavy liquids. The injection

The Most Expensive Oil Painting in the World

What can we say? This photo caption of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill would be funny if it weren’t so downright tragic. Yeah, let’s go with tragic. We’re sad just looking at it. + The Big

BP Considers Other Options After Oil Containment Cap Fails

It’s one failure after the next for oil giant BP. The corporation’s latest attempt to stop oil from spilling out of the Deepwater Horizon well fell short. This weekend, BP attempted to place a