From the start, reporters from the McClatchy Washington Bureau and from The Miami Herald, the Biloxi Sun-Herald, The Bradenton Herald, the Anchorage Daily News, the Charlotte Observer, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, The Sacramento Bee and other McClatchy newspapers have provided much of the most aggressive coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Here're links to some of their most important stories about the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
THE SPILL'S SIZE
- BP withholds oil spill facts — and government lets it
- Gulf oil spill may be 19 times bigger than originally thought
- Low estimate of oil spill's size could save BP millions in court
- BP not named to task force that will figure Gulf oil spill's size
- Runaway gulf oil well spewing far more oil than initially thought
REGULATORY SHORTCOMINGS
- Report adds to doubts about key oil rig safety equipment
- U.S. agency let oil industry write offshore drilling rules
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
- Since spill, feds have given 27 waivers to oil companies in gulf
- A month after oil spill began, Obama begins taking charge
- Obama concedes mistakes in oil spill as he halts drilling
- Obama orders firms to change drill plans that mimic BP's
HEALTH EFFECTS
- Researchers worry about oil dispersants' impact, too
- BP 'systemic failure' endangers Gulf cleanup workers
- Contradicting BP, feds lay Gulf illnesses to cleaning fluid
THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS>
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT
LEGAL ISSUES
- Gulf oil spill: BP has a long record of legal, ethical violations
- Criminal charges likely from Gulf oil spill, legal experts say
- Experts: Legal issues driving BP's oil spill stance
- BP worker takes 5th, making prosecution a possibility
- Gulf oil spill now a criminal investigation, Holder says
THE EXPLOSION
U.S. ENERGY POLICY