Chinese researchers have found a cost-effective solution to cleaning up toxic oil spills which can threaten wildlife and ...

Colombian energy giant Ecopetrol has polluted hundreds of sites with oil, including water sources and biodiverse wetlands, ...

In response to the BBC's questions, it says it has efficient wastewater treatment systems and effective contingency plans for oil spills. Image caption, Mr Olarte says he realised "something was ...

By then, about 40,000 barrels of oil had escaped into the Atlantic Ocean, according to an English High Court evaluation, ...

But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing hidden oil spills, speeding up the discovery of new species and uncovering how light pollution impacts marine life. Satellite imagery ...

The accident pushed Congress to pass the 1990 Oil Pollution Act, which aimed to put stronger measures in place to prevent spills and accelerate the nation’s response to those that occurred.

A proposed extension that would have brought crude oil to the Gulf Coast was shut down in 2021 after years of protests. The pipeline has had at least three significant spills since 2017 ...

Here is a look at some recent Keystone spills: * December 2022: The pipeline spilled about 14,000 barrels of oil into a creek in Washington County, Kansas, the biggest U.S. oil spill in nine years.

Anglian Water said extreme weather and flooding accounted for 50% of spills Concerns have been raised about infrastructure investment following an increase in the amount of sewage pumped into ...