This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...

The Line 6 spill has raised concerns about when the public should be notified of a spill, as well as why the initial report ...

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

The Amico Cadiz oil spill in 1978, the Castillo de Bellver in 1983, and the destruction of the oil platform in the Persian Gulf in 1983 are just some examples of how the oceans around the world ...

With one day left to… U.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims ...

It was sunk by Germany in the Hauraki Gulf but decades later its oil has never been retrieved. Maritime NZ had been ...

A crude oil pipeline crack caused a thick oil slick in the Viche River in northwestern Ecuador. Employees of the state oil ...

After months of living with uncertainty, a dozen Louisiana residents travel to America's last frontier to get a glimpse into what their futures may hold. They ooh and ah at breaching whales, a calving ...

(Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds ... on the offshore drilling rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people were killed. Two days later, the ...

Ecuador declared an environmental emergency due to an oil spill near Esmeraldas River in the northwestern coastal province of ...

The explosion triggered a massive spill of crude oil, which flowed into the Gulf for 87 days before it was capped. An estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil were discharged into the ocean ...