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Calculated Shard: 149 (from laksa084)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa149.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://apnews.com/article/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-bp-offshore-01247f5b76c028b09c4ef80d9f982a50\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://apnews.com/article/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-bp-offshore-01247f5b76c028b09c4ef80d9f982a50\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-bp-offshore-01247f5b76c028b09c4ef80d9f982a50","crawl_time":1776443457,"first_indexed_time":1745126589,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,apnews!\/article\/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-bp-offshore-01247f5b76c028b09c4ef80d9f982a50 s443","src_root_hash":"13170802201813479149","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Deepwater Horizon oil spill anniversary: Status of BP lawsuits and coastal restoration in 2025 | AP News","meta_descriptions":["Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig\nexploded off the Gulf Coast\n, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill are still being felt.\nOil company BP\npaid billions of dollars in\ndamages\n, propelling ambitious coastal restoration projects across five states. Yet cleanup workers and local residents who suffered health impacts they attribute to the oil spill have struggled to have their cases heard in court and few have received significant\ncompensation\n.\nConservation groups say the spill catalyzed innovative restoration work across the Gulf Coast, but are alarmed at the recent halt of a flagship land-creation project in Louisiana. As the Trump administration expands offshore oil and gas, they are concerned the best opportunities for rebuilding the Gulf Coast are slipping away.\nOil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\nOil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\nTying health problems to the spill remains hard to prove in court\n3 MIN READ\n2 MIN READ\n4 MIN READ\nIn the coastal community of Lafitte in southeast Louisiana, Tammy Gremillion is celebrating Easter Sunday, the anniversary of the April 20 spill, without her daughter. She remembers warning Jennifer against joining a cleanup crew tasked with containing the spill for BP.\nIn this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)\nIn this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)\n“But I couldn’t stop her — they were offering these kids lots of money,” Gremillion said. “They didn’t know the dangers. They didn’t do what they should have to protect these young people.”\nJennifer worked knee-deep in oil for months, returning home reeking of fumes, covered in black splotches and breaking out in rashes and suffering headaches. She also was exposed to Corexit, an EPA-approved chemical applied on and below the water to disperse oil, which has been\nlinked to health problems\n.\nThis photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)\nThis photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)\nIn 2020, Jennifer died of leukemia, a blood cancer that can be\ncaused by exposure to oil\n.\nGremillion, who broke down in tears as she recounted her daughter’s death, is “1,000% confident” that exposure to toxins during the cleanup caused the cancer.\nShe filed a lawsuit against BP in 2022, although the allegations have been difficult to establish in court. Gremillion’s suit is one of a small number of cases still pending.\nAn\ninvestigation\nby The Associated Press previously found all but a handful of roughly 4,800 lawsuits seeking compensation for health problems linked to the oil spill have been dismissed and\nonly one has been settled\n.\nIn a 2012 settlement, BP paid ill workers and coastal residents $67 million, but this amounted to no more than $1,300 each for nearly 80% of those seeking compensation.\nFILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\nOil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\nA worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)\nA worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\nAttorneys from the Downs Law Group, representing Gremillion and around 100 others in cases against BP, say the company leveraged procedural technicalities to block victims from getting their day in court.\nBP declined to comment on pending litigation. In court filings, BP denied allegations that oil exposure caused health problems and attacked the credibility of medical experts brought by plaintiffs.\nControversy over coastal restoration\nThe environmental impact was devastating, recalled PJ Hahn, who served on the frontlines as a southeast Louisiana coastal management official. He watched the oil eat away at barrier islands and marsh around his community in Plaquemines Parish until “it would just crumble like a cookie in hot coffee, just break apart.”\nOyster beds suffocated, reefs were blanketed in chemicals and the fishing industry tanked. Pelicans diving for dead fish emerged from the contaminated waters smeared in a black sheen. Tens of thousands of seabirds and sea turtles were killed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\nA small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\nA small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\nAn oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\nA bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\nSince then, “significant progress” has been made restoring Gulf habitats and ecosystems, according to The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council, a group of state and federal agencies tasked with managing restoration funded by penalties levied against BP.\nThe council says more than 300 restoration projects worth $5.38 billion have been approved in the Gulf of Mexico, which President\nDonald Trump\nrenamed the\nGulf of America\n. The projects include acquiring wetlands in Mississippi to protect nesting areas for birds, rebuilding reefs along Pensacola Bay in Florida and restoring around 4 square miles (11 square kilometers) of marsh in Lake Borgne near New Orleans.\nWhile a tragedy, the spill “galvanized a movement — one that continues to push for a healthier, more resilient coast,” said Simone Maloz, campaign director for Restore the Mississippi River Delta, a conservation coalition.\nA brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\nA brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\nThe influx of billions of dollars in penalties paid by BP “allowed us to think bigger, act faster and rely on science to guide large-scale solutions,” she added.\nYet what many conservationists see as the flagship of the restoration projects funded by the Deepwater Horizon disaster payout — an approximately $3 billion effort to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of land in southeast Louisiana — has stalled over concerns of its impact on the livelihoods of local communities and dolphin populations.\nLouisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has said the project would\n“break our culture”\nby harming local oyster and shrimp fisheries due to the influx of freshwater. Earlier this month, his administration paused the project for 90 days, citing its high costs, and its future remains uncertain.\nShrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\nShrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\nMore offshore drilling planned for Gulf\nThe Trump administration is\nseeking to sell more\noffshore oil and gas leases, which the industry trade group American Petroleum Institute called “a big step forward for American energy dominance.”\nBP announced an oil discovery in the Gulf last week and plans more than 40 new wells in the next three years. The company told the AP it has improved safety standards and oversight.\n“We remain keenly aware that we must always put safety first,” BP said in an emailed statement. “We have made many changes so that such an event should never happen again.”\nStill, Joseph Gordon, climate and energy director for the nonprofit Oceana, warned Deepwater Horizon’s legacy should be “an alarm bell” against the expansion of offshore drilling.\nCrude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo\/Dave Martin, File)\nCrude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo\/Dave Martin, File)\n___\nBrook is a corps member for The Associated Press\/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Brook on the social platform X:\n@jack_brook96\n.","attrs_markdown":"[Enable accessibility](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-bp-offshore-01247f5b76c028b09c4ef80d9f982a50)\n\n**0**\n\n[![AP Logo](https:\/\/assets.apnews.com\/19\/66\/bc546486408c8595f01753a9fbeb\/ap-logo-176-by-208.svg)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/)\n\nMenu\n\n- [World](https:\/\/apnews.com\/world-news)\n  \n  SECTIONS\n  \n  [Iran war](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran) [Russia-Ukraine war](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine) [Español](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/noticias) [China](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/china) [Asia Pacific](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/asia-pacific) [Latin America](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america) [Europe](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/europe) [Africa](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/africa)\n  \n  TOP STORIES\n  \n  - [LIVE Strait of Hormuz opens, Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say, as truce in Lebanon seems to hold](https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/iran-war-israel-trump-04-17-2026)\n  - [Airline adding bunk beds for economy travelers but bans snacks, smells and cuddling](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/air-new-zealand-economy-bunk-beds-sleep-c2c434f60116f332c0ce96c69d662c3b)\n  - [Macron and Starmer welcome Hormuz reopening and push for permanent navigation security](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hormuz-strait-iran-blockade-britain-france-10518e69aecbb986c9118ff42ab0ca02)\n  \n  Newsletters\n  \n  [The Morning Wire Our flagship newsletter breaks down the biggest headlines of the day.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/newsletters?id=Morning+Wire+Subscribers)\n  \n  [The Afternoon Wire Get caught up on what you may have missed throughout the day.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/newsletters?id=Afternoon+Wire)\n  \n  [See All Newsletters](https:\/\/apnews.com\/newsletters)\n- [U.S.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/us-news)\n  \n  SECTIONS\n  \n  [Immigration](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/immigration) [Weather](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/weather) [Education](https:\/\/apnews.com\/education) [Transportation](https:\/\/apnews.com\/us-news\/transportation) [Abortion](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/abortion) [LGBTQ+](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/lgbtq) [Notable Deaths](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/obituaries)\n  \n  TOP STORIES\n  \n  - [Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move out](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virginia-justin-fairfax-death-e10bd0f6327852933e15c8d9af559cd3)\n  - [The informant earned millions working for the DEA. 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Settlement money is also nearing an end, leaving states like Louisiana searching for alternative funding sources for their coastal restoration projects.\n\nRead More\n\n![A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/4257145\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4304x3068+0+0\/resize\/599x427!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F3b%2Fe3%2Fc54070cdd527ad34be95447c2e10%2Ff0a9b7cbea924a628d1f42d85ae010da)\n\n2 of 17 \\|\n\nA plume of smoke rises from fires on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. 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(U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/12faea3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3230x2262+0+0\/resize\/599x419!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8b%2F54%2Fff36e3969f7ad9ce8e4bfd9f95f8%2Fb1f495cfd3d24495be87ccd3c710efe0)\n\n4 of 17 \\|\n\nIn this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0MTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n5 of 17 \\|\n\nFILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1OTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjM5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n6 of 17 \\|\n\nThis photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)\n\nRead More\n\n![Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzNDdweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n7 of 17 \\|\n\nShrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n8 of 17 \\|\n\nAn oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzMjZweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n9 of 17 \\|\n\nA small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzOTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n10 of 17 \\|\n\nA brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzNzJweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n11 of 17 \\|\n\nA bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzOTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n12 of 17 \\|\n\nOil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![Crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water with clouds reflected in the sheen on Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana on June, 7, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0MTBweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n13 of 17 \\|\n\nCrude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water with clouds reflected in the sheen on Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana on June, 7, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0MDJweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n14 of 17 \\|\n\nA worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzOTZweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n15 of 17 \\|\n\nA worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010, following an explosion that killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzOTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n16 of 17 \\|\n\nThe Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010, following an explosion that killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in the nation’s history. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo\/Dave Martin, File)](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzMzlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n17 of 17 \\|\n\nCrude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. 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Yet cleanup workers and local residents who suffered health impacts they attribute to the oil spill have struggled to have their cases heard in court and few have received significant [compensation](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-03ed7080ea6e03fc344a1e2100cb33e1).\n\nConservation groups say the spill catalyzed innovative restoration work across the Gulf Coast, but are alarmed at the recent halt of a flagship land-creation project in Louisiana. As the Trump administration expands offshore oil and gas, they are concerned the best opportunities for rebuilding the Gulf Coast are slipping away.\n\n![Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/81637fd\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5195x3671+0+0\/resize\/599x423!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F55%2F3e%2Fcf2f404cd81908ee1bceb141d6b6%2F490c2d93355a44be83e6d7bed94d435a)\n\nOil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\nRead More\n## Tying health problems to the spill remains hard to prove in court\nRelated Stories\n\n[![This image from video provided by U.S. South Command, shows a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the U.S. military, killing two and injuring one, on Jan. 23, 2026. 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She remembers warning Jennifer against joining a cleanup crew tasked with containing the spill for BP.\n\n![In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/12faea3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3230x2262+0+0\/resize\/599x419!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8b%2F54%2Fff36e3969f7ad9ce8e4bfd9f95f8%2Fb1f495cfd3d24495be87ccd3c710efe0)\n\nIn this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)\n\nRead More\n\n“But I couldn’t stop her — they were offering these kids lots of money,” Gremillion said. “They didn’t know the dangers. They didn’t do what they should have to protect these young people.”\n\nJennifer worked knee-deep in oil for months, returning home reeking of fumes, covered in black splotches and breaking out in rashes and suffering headaches. She also was exposed to Corexit, an EPA-approved chemical applied on and below the water to disperse oil, which has been [linked to health problems](https:\/\/www.restorethegulf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/imported_pdfs\/external\/content\/document\/2931\/539295\/1\/Corexit%20EC9527A%20MSDS.pdf).\n\n![This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/6ce8b02\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2394x3591+0+0\/resize\/599x899!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F10%2F97%2F72cf07dbbfb2b562cd2523c7be32%2F0fba6ee398784dbea6dbcb6ba0e55363)\n\nThis photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)\n\nRead More\n\nIn 2020, Jennifer died of leukemia, a blood cancer that can be [caused by exposure to oil](https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3447593\/).\n\nGremillion, who broke down in tears as she recounted her daughter’s death, is “1,000% confident” that exposure to toxins during the cleanup caused the cancer.\n\nShe filed a lawsuit against BP in 2022, although the allegations have been difficult to establish in court. Gremillion’s suit is one of a small number of cases still pending.\n\nAn [investigation](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-f3845a3cb9da869d2689452a7dec0c9c) by The Associated Press previously found all but a handful of roughly 4,800 lawsuits seeking compensation for health problems linked to the oil spill have been dismissed and [only one has been settled](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-03ed7080ea6e03fc344a1e2100cb33e1).\n\nIn a 2012 settlement, BP paid ill workers and coastal residents \\$67 million, but this amounted to no more than \\$1,300 each for nearly 80% of those seeking compensation.\n\n![FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/310f8dc\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5244x3666+0+0\/resize\/599x419!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1a%2F29%2F6a5b2c0d57a5958bb2d74d32cd92%2Fbffaf8956160449d896521d9598c0dd5)\n\nFILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\n![Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8118938\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4896x3264+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Feb%2F72%2F2e6299af9a7759c46c0ff00a411d%2Fdba26d93c365448d9fcd57c6e117c932)\n\nOil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n\n![A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d0b7b07\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2868x1924+0+0\/resize\/599x402!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F57%2F4d%2F3cec4305b2d79d07fe7b9314bb29%2F62e4d18afcc3407297b3dc66c4fd8a3c)\n\nA worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)\n\n![A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8122c82\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4620x3054+0+0\/resize\/599x396!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F62%2F54%2Fcd27ff7d81a8a047e2840599ffd3%2Fd8c61f719bb24b9286aba919e232e464)\n\nA worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n\nAttorneys from the Downs Law Group, representing Gremillion and around 100 others in cases against BP, say the company leveraged procedural technicalities to block victims from getting their day in court.\n\nBP declined to comment on pending litigation. In court filings, BP denied allegations that oil exposure caused health problems and attacked the credibility of medical experts brought by plaintiffs.\n\n## Controversy over coastal restoration\nThe environmental impact was devastating, recalled PJ Hahn, who served on the frontlines as a southeast Louisiana coastal management official. He watched the oil eat away at barrier islands and marsh around his community in Plaquemines Parish until “it would just crumble like a cookie in hot coffee, just break apart.”\n\nOyster beds suffocated, reefs were blanketed in chemicals and the fishing industry tanked. Pelicans diving for dead fish emerged from the contaminated waters smeared in a black sheen. Tens of thousands of seabirds and sea turtles were killed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\n\n![A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f8c073e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3936x2142+0+0\/resize\/599x326!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fdb%2F3b%2F3a2dad99593ef7be92a2b7207185%2F3863a7ee31954124b136e75548f48640)\n\nA small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nRead More\n\n![An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/7b5062d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3549x2220+0+0\/resize\/599x375!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fcf%2F25%2F760e3788b1ce4445effa434742aa%2Fe4f9299ac236400aaa312c64d2be5655)\n\nAn oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\n![A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/615596f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3075x1911+0+0\/resize\/599x372!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F6b%2F24%2F74ba134a2d34e8d28a6bc584dd30%2F6213846980074ed5b81fa6ae6be5bd86)\n\nA bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nSince then, “significant progress” has been made restoring Gulf habitats and ecosystems, according to The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council, a group of state and federal agencies tasked with managing restoration funded by penalties levied against BP.\n\nThe council says more than 300 restoration projects worth \\$5.38 billion have been approved in the Gulf of Mexico, which President [Donald Trump](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump) renamed the [Gulf of America](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-gulf-of-mexico-bc438f4feca1234475a1adef99344da7). The projects include acquiring wetlands in Mississippi to protect nesting areas for birds, rebuilding reefs along Pensacola Bay in Florida and restoring around 4 square miles (11 square kilometers) of marsh in Lake Borgne near New Orleans.\n\nWhile a tragedy, the spill “galvanized a movement — one that continues to push for a healthier, more resilient coast,” said Simone Maloz, campaign director for Restore the Mississippi River Delta, a conservation coalition.\n\n![A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d1b1c23\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4330x2887+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7c%2F8c%2F69987f6a568ab50bfc0f6d7050ab%2Fde8f5604568148ef8dfc2898bc774cba)\n\nA brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nRead More\n\nThe influx of billions of dollars in penalties paid by BP “allowed us to think bigger, act faster and rely on science to guide large-scale solutions,” she added.\n\nYet what many conservationists see as the flagship of the restoration projects funded by the Deepwater Horizon disaster payout — an approximately \\$3 billion effort to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of land in southeast Louisiana — has stalled over concerns of its impact on the livelihoods of local communities and dolphin populations.\n\nLouisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has said the project would [“break our culture”](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/louisiana-coastal-wetlands-erosion-diversion-project-550436df014ae03f43512455778a0eb3) by harming local oyster and shrimp fisheries due to the influx of freshwater. Earlier this month, his administration paused the project for 90 days, citing its high costs, and its future remains uncertain.\n\n![Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/08e67c3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4026x2334+0+0\/resize\/599x347!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F43%2F2c%2F4a4b0a3a4cf234d24dad38a505c1%2F13c29c783b1b4b75a1316877bf6dfe89)\n\nShrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n\nRead More\n## More offshore drilling planned for Gulf\nThe Trump administration is [seeking to sell more](https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/interior-announces-eleventh-national-outer-continental-shelf-oil-and-gas-leasing) offshore oil and gas leases, which the industry trade group American Petroleum Institute called “a big step forward for American energy dominance.”\n\nBP announced an oil discovery in the Gulf last week and plans more than 40 new wells in the next three years. The company told the AP it has improved safety standards and oversight.\n\n“We remain keenly aware that we must always put safety first,” BP said in an emailed statement. “We have made many changes so that such an event should never happen again.”\n\nStill, Joseph Gordon, climate and energy director for the nonprofit Oceana, warned Deepwater Horizon’s legacy should be “an alarm bell” against the expansion of offshore drilling.\n\n![Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo\/Dave Martin, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/76c2163\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5034x2850+0+0\/resize\/599x339!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1b%2F9d%2Ff5ce849141d7e4527146064668a5%2F3f30c3cb6bdf40e886d9c14dab619149)\n\nCrude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. 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Yet cleanup workers and local residents who suffered health impacts they attribute to the oil spill have struggled to have their cases heard in court and few have received significant [compensation](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-03ed7080ea6e03fc344a1e2100cb33e1).\n\nConservation groups say the spill catalyzed innovative restoration work across the Gulf Coast, but are alarmed at the recent halt of a flagship land-creation project in Louisiana. As the Trump administration expands offshore oil and gas, they are concerned the best opportunities for rebuilding the Gulf Coast are slipping away.\n\n![Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/81637fd\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5195x3671+0+0\/resize\/599x423!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F55%2F3e%2Fcf2f404cd81908ee1bceb141d6b6%2F490c2d93355a44be83e6d7bed94d435a)\n\nOil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n## Tying health problems to the spill remains hard to prove in court\n[![This image from video provided by U.S. South Command, shows a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the U.S. military, killing two and injuring one, on Jan. 23, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command via AP, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/3ddc6f2\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/14598x8212+0+0\/resize\/599x337!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F2f%2Fe7%2F3a5bcb0d880405eb393bebe6137d%2F9c4f1a72691744d4b3a09b02bdc72c16)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fact-check-trump-drug-trafficking-ocean-sea-3a43c6b41f513510aeb786a8097e7e0d)\n\n3 MIN READ\n\n[![The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rahmat Gul)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/568df0a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4450x2991+0+0\/resize\/599x403!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe7%2F41%2F098ef09ac3174630aafe0fdaaacd%2F3614c3661a3c4e0481f54f36d8c994f8)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-environmental-oil-gas-companies-louisiana-8928e73be9545de69089b0e578b1b8d2)\n\n2 MIN READ\n\n[![Colombia's Environmental Minister Irene Vélez Torres talks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Botanical Garden Jose Celestino Mutis in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Fernando Vergara)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/27b68a5\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/7487x4991+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7f%2Fe1%2Fc5697ad2ab1574a464e68d607705%2F07c38f621fc24330834dabcae5350510)](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/colombia-conference-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-minister-irene-velez-iran-6bcab3923e4d5d3ae445c706ab1e64af)\n\n4 MIN READ\n\nIn the coastal community of Lafitte in southeast Louisiana, Tammy Gremillion is celebrating Easter Sunday, the anniversary of the April 20 spill, without her daughter. She remembers warning Jennifer against joining a cleanup crew tasked with containing the spill for BP.\n\n![In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/12faea3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3230x2262+0+0\/resize\/599x419!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8b%2F54%2Fff36e3969f7ad9ce8e4bfd9f95f8%2Fb1f495cfd3d24495be87ccd3c710efe0)\n\nIn this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)\n\n“But I couldn’t stop her — they were offering these kids lots of money,” Gremillion said. “They didn’t know the dangers. They didn’t do what they should have to protect these young people.”\n\nJennifer worked knee-deep in oil for months, returning home reeking of fumes, covered in black splotches and breaking out in rashes and suffering headaches. She also was exposed to Corexit, an EPA-approved chemical applied on and below the water to disperse oil, which has been [linked to health problems](https:\/\/www.restorethegulf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/imported_pdfs\/external\/content\/document\/2931\/539295\/1\/Corexit%20EC9527A%20MSDS.pdf).\n\n![This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/6ce8b02\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2394x3591+0+0\/resize\/599x899!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F10%2F97%2F72cf07dbbfb2b562cd2523c7be32%2F0fba6ee398784dbea6dbcb6ba0e55363)\n\nThis photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)\n\nIn 2020, Jennifer died of leukemia, a blood cancer that can be [caused by exposure to oil](https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3447593\/).\n\nGremillion, who broke down in tears as she recounted her daughter’s death, is “1,000% confident” that exposure to toxins during the cleanup caused the cancer.\n\nShe filed a lawsuit against BP in 2022, although the allegations have been difficult to establish in court. Gremillion’s suit is one of a small number of cases still pending.\n\nAn [investigation](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-f3845a3cb9da869d2689452a7dec0c9c) by The Associated Press previously found all but a handful of roughly 4,800 lawsuits seeking compensation for health problems linked to the oil spill have been dismissed and [only one has been settled](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-03ed7080ea6e03fc344a1e2100cb33e1).\n\nIn a 2012 settlement, BP paid ill workers and coastal residents \\$67 million, but this amounted to no more than \\$1,300 each for nearly 80% of those seeking compensation.\n\n![FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/310f8dc\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5244x3666+0+0\/resize\/599x419!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1a%2F29%2F6a5b2c0d57a5958bb2d74d32cd92%2Fbffaf8956160449d896521d9598c0dd5)\n\nFILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\n![Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8118938\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4896x3264+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Feb%2F72%2F2e6299af9a7759c46c0ff00a411d%2Fdba26d93c365448d9fcd57c6e117c932)\n\nOil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n\n![A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d0b7b07\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2868x1924+0+0\/resize\/599x402!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F57%2F4d%2F3cec4305b2d79d07fe7b9314bb29%2F62e4d18afcc3407297b3dc66c4fd8a3c)\n\nA worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)\n\n![A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8122c82\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4620x3054+0+0\/resize\/599x396!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F62%2F54%2Fcd27ff7d81a8a047e2840599ffd3%2Fd8c61f719bb24b9286aba919e232e464)\n\nA worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n\nAttorneys from the Downs Law Group, representing Gremillion and around 100 others in cases against BP, say the company leveraged procedural technicalities to block victims from getting their day in court.\n\nBP declined to comment on pending litigation. In court filings, BP denied allegations that oil exposure caused health problems and attacked the credibility of medical experts brought by plaintiffs.\n\n## Controversy over coastal restoration\nThe environmental impact was devastating, recalled PJ Hahn, who served on the frontlines as a southeast Louisiana coastal management official. He watched the oil eat away at barrier islands and marsh around his community in Plaquemines Parish until “it would just crumble like a cookie in hot coffee, just break apart.”\n\nOyster beds suffocated, reefs were blanketed in chemicals and the fishing industry tanked. Pelicans diving for dead fish emerged from the contaminated waters smeared in a black sheen. Tens of thousands of seabirds and sea turtles were killed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\n\n![A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f8c073e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3936x2142+0+0\/resize\/599x326!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fdb%2F3b%2F3a2dad99593ef7be92a2b7207185%2F3863a7ee31954124b136e75548f48640)\n\nA small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\n![An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/7b5062d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3549x2220+0+0\/resize\/599x375!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fcf%2F25%2F760e3788b1ce4445effa434742aa%2Fe4f9299ac236400aaa312c64d2be5655)\n\nAn oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert, File)\n\n![A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/615596f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3075x1911+0+0\/resize\/599x372!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F6b%2F24%2F74ba134a2d34e8d28a6bc584dd30%2F6213846980074ed5b81fa6ae6be5bd86)\n\nA bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nSince then, “significant progress” has been made restoring Gulf habitats and ecosystems, according to The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council, a group of state and federal agencies tasked with managing restoration funded by penalties levied against BP.\n\nThe council says more than 300 restoration projects worth \\$5.38 billion have been approved in the Gulf of Mexico, which President [Donald Trump](https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump) renamed the [Gulf of America](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-gulf-of-mexico-bc438f4feca1234475a1adef99344da7). The projects include acquiring wetlands in Mississippi to protect nesting areas for birds, rebuilding reefs along Pensacola Bay in Florida and restoring around 4 square miles (11 square kilometers) of marsh in Lake Borgne near New Orleans.\n\nWhile a tragedy, the spill “galvanized a movement — one that continues to push for a healthier, more resilient coast,” said Simone Maloz, campaign director for Restore the Mississippi River Delta, a conservation coalition.\n\n![A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d1b1c23\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4330x2887+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7c%2F8c%2F69987f6a568ab50bfc0f6d7050ab%2Fde8f5604568148ef8dfc2898bc774cba)\n\nA brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)\n\nThe influx of billions of dollars in penalties paid by BP “allowed us to think bigger, act faster and rely on science to guide large-scale solutions,” she added.\n\nYet what many conservationists see as the flagship of the restoration projects funded by the Deepwater Horizon disaster payout — an approximately \\$3 billion effort to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of land in southeast Louisiana — has stalled over concerns of its impact on the livelihoods of local communities and dolphin populations.\n\nLouisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has said the project would [“break our culture”](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/louisiana-coastal-wetlands-erosion-diversion-project-550436df014ae03f43512455778a0eb3) by harming local oyster and shrimp fisheries due to the influx of freshwater. Earlier this month, his administration paused the project for 90 days, citing its high costs, and its future remains uncertain.\n\n![Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/08e67c3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4026x2334+0+0\/resize\/599x347!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F43%2F2c%2F4a4b0a3a4cf234d24dad38a505c1%2F13c29c783b1b4b75a1316877bf6dfe89)\n\nShrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay, File)\n## More offshore drilling planned for Gulf\nThe Trump administration is [seeking to sell more](https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/interior-announces-eleventh-national-outer-continental-shelf-oil-and-gas-leasing) offshore oil and gas leases, which the industry trade group American Petroleum Institute called “a big step forward for American energy dominance.”\n\nBP announced an oil discovery in the Gulf last week and plans more than 40 new wells in the next three years. The company told the AP it has improved safety standards and oversight.\n\n“We remain keenly aware that we must always put safety first,” BP said in an emailed statement. “We have made many changes so that such an event should never happen again.”\n\nStill, Joseph Gordon, climate and energy director for the nonprofit Oceana, warned Deepwater Horizon’s legacy should be “an alarm bell” against the expansion of offshore drilling.\n\n![Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo\/Dave Martin, File)](https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/76c2163\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5034x2850+0+0\/resize\/599x339!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1b%2F9d%2Ff5ce849141d7e4527146064668a5%2F3f30c3cb6bdf40e886d9c14dab619149)\n\nCrude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. 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Boilerpipe Text	NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast , killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill are still being felt. Oil company BP paid billions of dollars in damages , propelling ambitious coastal restoration projects across five states. Yet cleanup workers and local residents who suffered health impacts they attribute to the oil spill have struggled to have their cases heard in court and few have received significant compensation . Conservation groups say the spill catalyzed innovative restoration work across the Gulf Coast, but are alarmed at the recent halt of a flagship land-creation project in Louisiana. As the Trump administration expands offshore oil and gas, they are concerned the best opportunities for rebuilding the Gulf Coast are slipping away. Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Tying health problems to the spill remains hard to prove in court 3 MIN READ 2 MIN READ 4 MIN READ In the coastal community of Lafitte in southeast Louisiana, Tammy Gremillion is celebrating Easter Sunday, the anniversary of the April 20 spill, without her daughter. She remembers warning Jennifer against joining a cleanup crew tasked with containing the spill for BP. In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File) In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File) “But I couldn’t stop her — they were offering these kids lots of money,” Gremillion said. “They didn’t know the dangers. They didn’t do what they should have to protect these young people.” Jennifer worked knee-deep in oil for months, returning home reeking of fumes, covered in black splotches and breaking out in rashes and suffering headaches. She also was exposed to Corexit, an EPA-approved chemical applied on and below the water to disperse oil, which has been linked to health problems . This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP) This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP) In 2020, Jennifer died of leukemia, a blood cancer that can be caused by exposure to oil . Gremillion, who broke down in tears as she recounted her daughter’s death, is “1,000% confident” that exposure to toxins during the cleanup caused the cancer. She filed a lawsuit against BP in 2022, although the allegations have been difficult to establish in court. Gremillion’s suit is one of a small number of cases still pending. An investigation by The Associated Press previously found all but a handful of roughly 4,800 lawsuits seeking compensation for health problems linked to the oil spill have been dismissed and only one has been settled . In a 2012 settlement, BP paid ill workers and coastal residents $67 million, but this amounted to no more than $1,300 each for nearly 80% of those seeking compensation. FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Attorneys from the Downs Law Group, representing Gremillion and around 100 others in cases against BP, say the company leveraged procedural technicalities to block victims from getting their day in court. BP declined to comment on pending litigation. In court filings, BP denied allegations that oil exposure caused health problems and attacked the credibility of medical experts brought by plaintiffs. Controversy over coastal restoration The environmental impact was devastating, recalled PJ Hahn, who served on the frontlines as a southeast Louisiana coastal management official. He watched the oil eat away at barrier islands and marsh around his community in Plaquemines Parish until “it would just crumble like a cookie in hot coffee, just break apart.” Oyster beds suffocated, reefs were blanketed in chemicals and the fishing industry tanked. Pelicans diving for dead fish emerged from the contaminated waters smeared in a black sheen. Tens of thousands of seabirds and sea turtles were killed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Since then, “significant progress” has been made restoring Gulf habitats and ecosystems, according to The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council, a group of state and federal agencies tasked with managing restoration funded by penalties levied against BP. The council says more than 300 restoration projects worth $5.38 billion have been approved in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of America . The projects include acquiring wetlands in Mississippi to protect nesting areas for birds, rebuilding reefs along Pensacola Bay in Florida and restoring around 4 square miles (11 square kilometers) of marsh in Lake Borgne near New Orleans. While a tragedy, the spill “galvanized a movement — one that continues to push for a healthier, more resilient coast,” said Simone Maloz, campaign director for Restore the Mississippi River Delta, a conservation coalition. A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) The influx of billions of dollars in penalties paid by BP “allowed us to think bigger, act faster and rely on science to guide large-scale solutions,” she added. Yet what many conservationists see as the flagship of the restoration projects funded by the Deepwater Horizon disaster payout — an approximately $3 billion effort to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of land in southeast Louisiana — has stalled over concerns of its impact on the livelihoods of local communities and dolphin populations. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has said the project would “break our culture” by harming local oyster and shrimp fisheries due to the influx of freshwater. Earlier this month, his administration paused the project for 90 days, citing its high costs, and its future remains uncertain. Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) More offshore drilling planned for Gulf The Trump administration is seeking to sell more offshore oil and gas leases, which the industry trade group American Petroleum Institute called “a big step forward for American energy dominance.” BP announced an oil discovery in the Gulf last week and plans more than 40 new wells in the next three years. The company told the AP it has improved safety standards and oversight. “We remain keenly aware that we must always put safety first,” BP said in an emailed statement. “We have made many changes so that such an event should never happen again.” Still, Joseph Gordon, climate and energy director for the nonprofit Oceana, warned Deepwater Horizon’s legacy should be “an alarm bell” against the expansion of offshore drilling. Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) ___ Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Brook on the social platform X: @jack_brook96 .
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Settlement money is also nearing an end, leaving states like Louisiana searching for alternative funding sources for their coastal restoration projects. Read More ![A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/4257145/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4304x3068+0+0/resize/599x427!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F3b%2Fe3%2Fc54070cdd527ad34be95447c2e10%2Ff0a9b7cbea924a628d1f42d85ae010da) 2 of 17 \\| A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Read More ![Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/81637fd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5195x3671+0+0/resize/599x423!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F55%2F3e%2Fcf2f404cd81908ee1bceb141d6b6%2F490c2d93355a44be83e6d7bed94d435a) 3 of 17 \\| Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Read More ![In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/12faea3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3230x2262+0+0/resize/599x419!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8b%2F54%2Fff36e3969f7ad9ce8e4bfd9f95f8%2Fb1f495cfd3d24495be87ccd3c710efe0) 4 of 17 \\| In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File) Read More ![FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0MTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 5 of 17 \\| FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Read More ![This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1OTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjM5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 6 of 17 \\| This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP) Read More ![Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzNDdweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 7 of 17 \\| Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Read More ![An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 8 of 17 \\| An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Read More ![A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzMjZweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 9 of 17 \\| A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Read More ![A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzOTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 10 of 17 \\| A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Read More ![A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzNzJweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 11 of 17 \\| A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Read More ![Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzOTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 12 of 17 \\| Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Read More ![Crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water with clouds reflected in the sheen on Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana on June, 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0MTBweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 13 of 17 \\| Crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water with clouds reflected in the sheen on Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana on June, 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Read More ![A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0MDJweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 14 of 17 \\| A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) Read More ![A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzOTZweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 15 of 17 \\| A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Read More ![The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010, following an explosion that killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzOTlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 16 of 17 \\| The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010, following an explosion that killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in the nation’s history. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Read More ![Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzMzlweCIgd2lkdGg9IjU5OXB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=) 17 of 17 \\| Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) Read More [![](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/fab9340/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1050x1050+0+0/resize/60x60!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb4%2F03%2F0f9f69cc4765bc833f1a912b1e65%2Fjackbrook-headshot-jack-brook.jpg)](https://apnews.com/author/jack-brook) By [JACK BROOK](https://apnews.com/author/jack-brook) Updated 2:57 AM GMT, April 21, 2025 Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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[Oil company BP](https://www.bp.com/en_us/united-states/home/community/gulf-commitment.html) paid billions of dollars in [damages](https://apnews.com/general-news-ac8384cbe09d4bc9b1a4e23185e5c8f0), propelling ambitious coastal restoration projects across five states. Yet cleanup workers and local residents who suffered health impacts they attribute to the oil spill have struggled to have their cases heard in court and few have received significant [compensation](https://apnews.com/article/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-03ed7080ea6e03fc344a1e2100cb33e1). Conservation groups say the spill catalyzed innovative restoration work across the Gulf Coast, but are alarmed at the recent halt of a flagship land-creation project in Louisiana. As the Trump administration expands offshore oil and gas, they are concerned the best opportunities for rebuilding the Gulf Coast are slipping away. ![Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/81637fd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5195x3671+0+0/resize/599x423!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F55%2F3e%2Fcf2f404cd81908ee1bceb141d6b6%2F490c2d93355a44be83e6d7bed94d435a) Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. 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(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/27b68a5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7487x4991+0+0/resize/599x399!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7f%2Fe1%2Fc5697ad2ab1574a464e68d607705%2F07c38f621fc24330834dabcae5350510)](https://apnews.com/article/colombia-conference-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-minister-irene-velez-iran-6bcab3923e4d5d3ae445c706ab1e64af) [Colombia’s environment minister says Middle East crisis should speed energy transition](https://apnews.com/article/colombia-conference-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-minister-irene-velez-iran-6bcab3923e4d5d3ae445c706ab1e64af) 4 MIN READ In the coastal community of Lafitte in southeast Louisiana, Tammy Gremillion is celebrating Easter Sunday, the anniversary of the April 20 spill, without her daughter. She remembers warning Jennifer against joining a cleanup crew tasked with containing the spill for BP. ![In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/12faea3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3230x2262+0+0/resize/599x419!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8b%2F54%2Fff36e3969f7ad9ce8e4bfd9f95f8%2Fb1f495cfd3d24495be87ccd3c710efe0) In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File) Read More “But I couldn’t stop her — they were offering these kids lots of money,” Gremillion said. “They didn’t know the dangers. They didn’t do what they should have to protect these young people.” Jennifer worked knee-deep in oil for months, returning home reeking of fumes, covered in black splotches and breaking out in rashes and suffering headaches. She also was exposed to Corexit, an EPA-approved chemical applied on and below the water to disperse oil, which has been [linked to health problems](https://www.restorethegulf.gov/sites/default/files/imported_pdfs/external/content/document/2931/539295/1/Corexit%20EC9527A%20MSDS.pdf). ![This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/6ce8b02/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2394x3591+0+0/resize/599x899!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F10%2F97%2F72cf07dbbfb2b562cd2523c7be32%2F0fba6ee398784dbea6dbcb6ba0e55363) This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP) Read More In 2020, Jennifer died of leukemia, a blood cancer that can be [caused by exposure to oil](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3447593/). Gremillion, who broke down in tears as she recounted her daughter’s death, is “1,000% confident” that exposure to toxins during the cleanup caused the cancer. She filed a lawsuit against BP in 2022, although the allegations have been difficult to establish in court. Gremillion’s suit is one of a small number of cases still pending. An [investigation](https://apnews.com/article/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-f3845a3cb9da869d2689452a7dec0c9c) by The Associated Press previously found all but a handful of roughly 4,800 lawsuits seeking compensation for health problems linked to the oil spill have been dismissed and [only one has been settled](https://apnews.com/article/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-03ed7080ea6e03fc344a1e2100cb33e1). In a 2012 settlement, BP paid ill workers and coastal residents \$67 million, but this amounted to no more than \$1,300 each for nearly 80% of those seeking compensation. ![FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/310f8dc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5244x3666+0+0/resize/599x419!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1a%2F29%2F6a5b2c0d57a5958bb2d74d32cd92%2Fbffaf8956160449d896521d9598c0dd5) FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ![Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/8118938/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4896x3264+0+0/resize/599x399!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Feb%2F72%2F2e6299af9a7759c46c0ff00a411d%2Fdba26d93c365448d9fcd57c6e117c932) Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) ![A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/d0b7b07/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2868x1924+0+0/resize/599x402!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F57%2F4d%2F3cec4305b2d79d07fe7b9314bb29%2F62e4d18afcc3407297b3dc66c4fd8a3c) A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) ![A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/8122c82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4620x3054+0+0/resize/599x396!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F62%2F54%2Fcd27ff7d81a8a047e2840599ffd3%2Fd8c61f719bb24b9286aba919e232e464) A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Attorneys from the Downs Law Group, representing Gremillion and around 100 others in cases against BP, say the company leveraged procedural technicalities to block victims from getting their day in court. BP declined to comment on pending litigation. In court filings, BP denied allegations that oil exposure caused health problems and attacked the credibility of medical experts brought by plaintiffs. ## Controversy over coastal restoration The environmental impact was devastating, recalled PJ Hahn, who served on the frontlines as a southeast Louisiana coastal management official. He watched the oil eat away at barrier islands and marsh around his community in Plaquemines Parish until “it would just crumble like a cookie in hot coffee, just break apart.” Oyster beds suffocated, reefs were blanketed in chemicals and the fishing industry tanked. Pelicans diving for dead fish emerged from the contaminated waters smeared in a black sheen. Tens of thousands of seabirds and sea turtles were killed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ![A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/f8c073e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3936x2142+0+0/resize/599x326!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fdb%2F3b%2F3a2dad99593ef7be92a2b7207185%2F3863a7ee31954124b136e75548f48640) A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Read More ![An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/7b5062d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3549x2220+0+0/resize/599x375!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fcf%2F25%2F760e3788b1ce4445effa434742aa%2Fe4f9299ac236400aaa312c64d2be5655) An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ![A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/615596f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3075x1911+0+0/resize/599x372!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F6b%2F24%2F74ba134a2d34e8d28a6bc584dd30%2F6213846980074ed5b81fa6ae6be5bd86) A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Since then, “significant progress” has been made restoring Gulf habitats and ecosystems, according to The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council, a group of state and federal agencies tasked with managing restoration funded by penalties levied against BP. The council says more than 300 restoration projects worth \$5.38 billion have been approved in the Gulf of Mexico, which President [Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump) renamed the [Gulf of America](https://apnews.com/article/trump-gulf-of-mexico-bc438f4feca1234475a1adef99344da7). The projects include acquiring wetlands in Mississippi to protect nesting areas for birds, rebuilding reefs along Pensacola Bay in Florida and restoring around 4 square miles (11 square kilometers) of marsh in Lake Borgne near New Orleans. While a tragedy, the spill “galvanized a movement — one that continues to push for a healthier, more resilient coast,” said Simone Maloz, campaign director for Restore the Mississippi River Delta, a conservation coalition. ![A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/d1b1c23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4330x2887+0+0/resize/599x399!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7c%2F8c%2F69987f6a568ab50bfc0f6d7050ab%2Fde8f5604568148ef8dfc2898bc774cba) A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Read More The influx of billions of dollars in penalties paid by BP “allowed us to think bigger, act faster and rely on science to guide large-scale solutions,” she added. Yet what many conservationists see as the flagship of the restoration projects funded by the Deepwater Horizon disaster payout — an approximately \$3 billion effort to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of land in southeast Louisiana — has stalled over concerns of its impact on the livelihoods of local communities and dolphin populations. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has said the project would [“break our culture”](https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-coastal-wetlands-erosion-diversion-project-550436df014ae03f43512455778a0eb3) by harming local oyster and shrimp fisheries due to the influx of freshwater. Earlier this month, his administration paused the project for 90 days, citing its high costs, and its future remains uncertain. ![Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/08e67c3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4026x2334+0+0/resize/599x347!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F43%2F2c%2F4a4b0a3a4cf234d24dad38a505c1%2F13c29c783b1b4b75a1316877bf6dfe89) Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Read More ## More offshore drilling planned for Gulf The Trump administration is [seeking to sell more](https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-announces-eleventh-national-outer-continental-shelf-oil-and-gas-leasing) offshore oil and gas leases, which the industry trade group American Petroleum Institute called “a big step forward for American energy dominance.” BP announced an oil discovery in the Gulf last week and plans more than 40 new wells in the next three years. The company told the AP it has improved safety standards and oversight. “We remain keenly aware that we must always put safety first,” BP said in an emailed statement. “We have made many changes so that such an event should never happen again.” Still, Joseph Gordon, climate and energy director for the nonprofit Oceana, warned Deepwater Horizon’s legacy should be “an alarm bell” against the expansion of offshore drilling. ![Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/76c2163/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5034x2850+0+0/resize/599x339!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1b%2F9d%2Ff5ce849141d7e4527146064668a5%2F3f30c3cb6bdf40e886d9c14dab619149) Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. 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Readable Markdown	NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig [exploded off the Gulf Coast](https://apnews.com/article/ms-state-wire-oil-spills-gulf-of-mexico-tx-state-wire-us-news-7914d11149279a44e6b600c57292960d), killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill are still being felt. [Oil company BP](https://www.bp.com/en_us/united-states/home/community/gulf-commitment.html) paid billions of dollars in [damages](https://apnews.com/general-news-ac8384cbe09d4bc9b1a4e23185e5c8f0), propelling ambitious coastal restoration projects across five states. Yet cleanup workers and local residents who suffered health impacts they attribute to the oil spill have struggled to have their cases heard in court and few have received significant [compensation](https://apnews.com/article/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-03ed7080ea6e03fc344a1e2100cb33e1). Conservation groups say the spill catalyzed innovative restoration work across the Gulf Coast, but are alarmed at the recent halt of a flagship land-creation project in Louisiana. As the Trump administration expands offshore oil and gas, they are concerned the best opportunities for rebuilding the Gulf Coast are slipping away. ![Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/81637fd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5195x3671+0+0/resize/599x423!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F55%2F3e%2Fcf2f404cd81908ee1bceb141d6b6%2F490c2d93355a44be83e6d7bed94d435a) Oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ## Tying health problems to the spill remains hard to prove in court [![This image from video provided by U.S. South Command, shows a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the U.S. military, killing two and injuring one, on Jan. 23, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command via AP, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/3ddc6f2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/14598x8212+0+0/resize/599x337!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F2f%2Fe7%2F3a5bcb0d880405eb393bebe6137d%2F9c4f1a72691744d4b3a09b02bdc72c16)](https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-drug-trafficking-ocean-sea-3a43c6b41f513510aeb786a8097e7e0d) 3 MIN READ [![The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. 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(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/27b68a5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7487x4991+0+0/resize/599x399!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7f%2Fe1%2Fc5697ad2ab1574a464e68d607705%2F07c38f621fc24330834dabcae5350510)](https://apnews.com/article/colombia-conference-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-minister-irene-velez-iran-6bcab3923e4d5d3ae445c706ab1e64af) 4 MIN READ In the coastal community of Lafitte in southeast Louisiana, Tammy Gremillion is celebrating Easter Sunday, the anniversary of the April 20 spill, without her daughter. She remembers warning Jennifer against joining a cleanup crew tasked with containing the spill for BP. ![In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/12faea3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3230x2262+0+0/resize/599x419!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8b%2F54%2Fff36e3969f7ad9ce8e4bfd9f95f8%2Fb1f495cfd3d24495be87ccd3c710efe0) In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File) “But I couldn’t stop her — they were offering these kids lots of money,” Gremillion said. “They didn’t know the dangers. They didn’t do what they should have to protect these young people.” Jennifer worked knee-deep in oil for months, returning home reeking of fumes, covered in black splotches and breaking out in rashes and suffering headaches. She also was exposed to Corexit, an EPA-approved chemical applied on and below the water to disperse oil, which has been [linked to health problems](https://www.restorethegulf.gov/sites/default/files/imported_pdfs/external/content/document/2931/539295/1/Corexit%20EC9527A%20MSDS.pdf). ![This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/6ce8b02/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2394x3591+0+0/resize/599x899!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F10%2F97%2F72cf07dbbfb2b562cd2523c7be32%2F0fba6ee398784dbea6dbcb6ba0e55363) This photo provided by Tammy Gremillion shows Jennifer Lee Gremillion, a Louisiana resident involved in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with her daughter in 2020. (Tammy Gremillion via AP) In 2020, Jennifer died of leukemia, a blood cancer that can be [caused by exposure to oil](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3447593/). Gremillion, who broke down in tears as she recounted her daughter’s death, is “1,000% confident” that exposure to toxins during the cleanup caused the cancer. She filed a lawsuit against BP in 2022, although the allegations have been difficult to establish in court. Gremillion’s suit is one of a small number of cases still pending. An [investigation](https://apnews.com/article/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-f3845a3cb9da869d2689452a7dec0c9c) by The Associated Press previously found all but a handful of roughly 4,800 lawsuits seeking compensation for health problems linked to the oil spill have been dismissed and [only one has been settled](https://apnews.com/article/gulf-spill-lawsuits-bp-health-chemical-exposure-03ed7080ea6e03fc344a1e2100cb33e1). In a 2012 settlement, BP paid ill workers and coastal residents \$67 million, but this amounted to no more than \$1,300 each for nearly 80% of those seeking compensation. ![FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/310f8dc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5244x3666+0+0/resize/599x419!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1a%2F29%2F6a5b2c0d57a5958bb2d74d32cd92%2Fbffaf8956160449d896521d9598c0dd5) FILE- A worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., on June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ![Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/8118938/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4896x3264+0+0/resize/599x399!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Feb%2F72%2F2e6299af9a7759c46c0ff00a411d%2Fdba26d93c365448d9fcd57c6e117c932) Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., on May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) ![A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/d0b7b07/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2868x1924+0+0/resize/599x402!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F57%2F4d%2F3cec4305b2d79d07fe7b9314bb29%2F62e4d18afcc3407297b3dc66c4fd8a3c) A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) ![A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/8122c82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4620x3054+0+0/resize/599x396!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F62%2F54%2Fcd27ff7d81a8a047e2840599ffd3%2Fd8c61f719bb24b9286aba919e232e464) A worker uses a suction hose to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Belle Terre, La., June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Attorneys from the Downs Law Group, representing Gremillion and around 100 others in cases against BP, say the company leveraged procedural technicalities to block victims from getting their day in court. BP declined to comment on pending litigation. In court filings, BP denied allegations that oil exposure caused health problems and attacked the credibility of medical experts brought by plaintiffs. ## Controversy over coastal restoration The environmental impact was devastating, recalled PJ Hahn, who served on the frontlines as a southeast Louisiana coastal management official. He watched the oil eat away at barrier islands and marsh around his community in Plaquemines Parish until “it would just crumble like a cookie in hot coffee, just break apart.” Oyster beds suffocated, reefs were blanketed in chemicals and the fishing industry tanked. Pelicans diving for dead fish emerged from the contaminated waters smeared in a black sheen. Tens of thousands of seabirds and sea turtles were killed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ![A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/f8c073e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3936x2142+0+0/resize/599x326!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fdb%2F3b%2F3a2dad99593ef7be92a2b7207185%2F3863a7ee31954124b136e75548f48640) A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, on June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) ![An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/7b5062d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3549x2220+0+0/resize/599x375!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fcf%2F25%2F760e3788b1ce4445effa434742aa%2Fe4f9299ac236400aaa312c64d2be5655) An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ![A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/615596f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3075x1911+0+0/resize/599x372!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F6b%2F24%2F74ba134a2d34e8d28a6bc584dd30%2F6213846980074ed5b81fa6ae6be5bd86) A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Since then, “significant progress” has been made restoring Gulf habitats and ecosystems, according to The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council, a group of state and federal agencies tasked with managing restoration funded by penalties levied against BP. The council says more than 300 restoration projects worth \$5.38 billion have been approved in the Gulf of Mexico, which President [Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump) renamed the [Gulf of America](https://apnews.com/article/trump-gulf-of-mexico-bc438f4feca1234475a1adef99344da7). The projects include acquiring wetlands in Mississippi to protect nesting areas for birds, rebuilding reefs along Pensacola Bay in Florida and restoring around 4 square miles (11 square kilometers) of marsh in Lake Borgne near New Orleans. While a tragedy, the spill “galvanized a movement — one that continues to push for a healthier, more resilient coast,” said Simone Maloz, campaign director for Restore the Mississippi River Delta, a conservation coalition. ![A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/d1b1c23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4330x2887+0+0/resize/599x399!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7c%2F8c%2F69987f6a568ab50bfc0f6d7050ab%2Fde8f5604568148ef8dfc2898bc774cba) A brown pelican covered in oil tries to raise its wings on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) The influx of billions of dollars in penalties paid by BP “allowed us to think bigger, act faster and rely on science to guide large-scale solutions,” she added. Yet what many conservationists see as the flagship of the restoration projects funded by the Deepwater Horizon disaster payout — an approximately \$3 billion effort to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild 21 square miles (54 square kilometers) of land in southeast Louisiana — has stalled over concerns of its impact on the livelihoods of local communities and dolphin populations. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has said the project would [“break our culture”](https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-coastal-wetlands-erosion-diversion-project-550436df014ae03f43512455778a0eb3) by harming local oyster and shrimp fisheries due to the influx of freshwater. Earlier this month, his administration paused the project for 90 days, citing its high costs, and its future remains uncertain. ![Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/08e67c3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4026x2334+0+0/resize/599x347!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F43%2F2c%2F4a4b0a3a4cf234d24dad38a505c1%2F13c29c783b1b4b75a1316877bf6dfe89) Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) ## More offshore drilling planned for Gulf The Trump administration is [seeking to sell more](https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-announces-eleventh-national-outer-continental-shelf-oil-and-gas-leasing) offshore oil and gas leases, which the industry trade group American Petroleum Institute called “a big step forward for American energy dominance.” BP announced an oil discovery in the Gulf last week and plans more than 40 new wells in the next three years. The company told the AP it has improved safety standards and oversight. “We remain keenly aware that we must always put safety first,” BP said in an emailed statement. “We have made many changes so that such an event should never happen again.” Still, Joseph Gordon, climate and energy director for the nonprofit Oceana, warned Deepwater Horizon’s legacy should be “an alarm bell” against the expansion of offshore drilling. ![Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/76c2163/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5034x2850+0+0/resize/599x339!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1b%2F9d%2Ff5ce849141d7e4527146064668a5%2F3f30c3cb6bdf40e886d9c14dab619149) Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) \_\_\_ Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Brook on the social platform X: [@jack\_brook96](https://x.com/jack_brook96?lang=en).
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