Latest news

• Public may not see failed blowout preventer
• Gulf residents seek lessons from Valdez
• NOAA says no signs of 'dead zone' in Gulf
• New blowout preventer placed on Gulf well
• BP to remove failed blowout preventer
• Cap is off ruptured well
• Judge blocks deepwater drilling ban lawsuit
• Racing to save the environment
• Effort to kill oil well still stalled
• High seas delay oil well kill
• Cousteau: Slow and steady will win in Gulf
• Louisiana Gulf waters reopened

Recovery efforts

Minnesota farmer battles Gulf 'dead zone'

• Bouncing back from catastrophe
• Gulf coast oil disaster: 3D

Environmental effects

Researchers: Oil traces spread east on sea floor

• Environmental impact still undetermined
• America's worst environmental disaster?

Depths of the disaster

Not over yet: A story with many threads

• Spill by the numbers | How the numbers evolved
• Spill path and satellite images | Timeline | Map

Opinion

• How reporters mangle science on Gulf oil

Reports clouded with politically charged agendas that were premature at the least and outright wrong at the most.-- Christopher Reddy, director of the Coastal Ocean Institute

• Grow economy with green jobs
• Obama played his cards right on BP

iReport

Gulf journals: Documenting a disaster

• Blog: Your stories from the Gulf
• How is the oil spill affecting you?

Oil disaster in photos

High-res imagery from the Gulf Coast

• Maps: Worst U.S., worldwide oil spills

How you can help

Impact Your World: Volunteer or donate

• Volunteers recruited to help in oil spill threat
• Contact us with news tips or first-hand information

Reaction

• Obama: 'Our job is not finished'
• Alabama files suit over Gulf spill
• Allen: 'Impossible to lead cleanup' without BP
• Mayor: BP 'poised to cut and run'
• Could Gulf-like disaster scar the Heartland?
• Fresh worries as shrimp season opens
• Background check have prevented alleged rape?
• Caravan seeks to support Gulf businesses
• CNN Hero cleaning up Gulf
• BP offers cheaper gas  CNNMoney
• Nungesser an oil folk hero or an opportunist?
• U.S. not ready to 'write obituary' on spill

Financial impact

• BP oil claims process goes independent
• BP to stop handling most Gulf claims
• BP to play $50 million fine for Texas explosion
• BP rally hits a wall  CNNMoney
• BP plans $100M fund for jobless riggers
• Gulf spill could cost region $22.7 billion
• BP's fine could hit the billions  CNNMoney
• Administration bills BP $99.7 million more
• T. Boone Pickens on oil shares  Fortune
• BP stock rallies on sales talk  CNNMoney
• BP gets stricter with claims  CNNMoney
• BP may pay for wasted oil  CNNMoney

Feeling the loss of friends

Rig victims' families share memories, mementos

• My son's grieving family desrves more from BP
• Relief drillers toil, mourn as world watches

Human cost

A summer lost on the 'Lost Key'

• How the Gulf became the nation's 'toilet bowl'
• Oil's invisible toll: Divorce, abuse, suicide

From CNN affiliates

• Teen makes tar ball jewelry WKRG
• Bar creates BP martini for charity BN9
• BP gives $3M to Mississippi tourism WLOX
• Water from the Gulf used to cook WINK
• Company creates boom cleaner WLOX
• Residents grill head of BP's claim process WWL
• AL reopens coastal waters to fishing WALA
• Boaters train to search for submerged oil WLOX
• Tar balls continue to wash ashore WLOX
• Rehabilitated pelicans to return to Gulf WSVN
• Aquarium gets endangered turtles from Gulf WFTS
• Fisherman finds crabs with black gills WLOX

Political impact

• Drilling ban unlikely to be extended
• CNN Poll: Jump in optimism in ending spill
• Allen gives BP a mixed grade
• 'We're cautiously optimistic,' Landrieu says
• Obama's 'good news' on oil spill
• Judge rules in favor of deepwater drilling
• Top issues: Energy and environment
• Judge blocks drilling moratorium
• Barton's BP apology still has Dems riled
• White House defends part-time Gulf recovery chief
• Lawmakers slam BP chief at hearing
• Obama: No cap on BP's $20 billion fund

Health effects

Oil-cleanup workers may face lung trouble

• Scientists' dispersant concerns remain
• Summit preps to combat oil disaster's human toll