But since the extraction and processing of oil started in the 1950s, the level of pollution is estimated to be equivalent to more than 13 million barrels of crude oil, causing enormous damage to ...

Gas fracking is tied to contaminated groundwater and earthquakes. And oil is the single largest source of air pollution and smog in the world. Fossil fuels are also the main source of global warming ...

UK seas suffered nearly 700 oil and chemical spills in the last 12 months - a total of nearly 102,000 kg of toxic pollution, a new interactive map has revealed. Chronic oiling is linked to a wide ...

In 2011, the UN's Environment Programme (UNEP) published a major study into the impact of pollution on the oil-rich area. It found members of one community in Ogoniland were drinking water ...

Scientists have used Earth observational data detected using satellites, AI technology and imaging more commonly applied in healthcare settings to reveal the direct impact of oil pollution on the ...

TotalEnergies EP Congo (TEPC), a subsidiary of the French oil giant, has had its contract to manage the Djeno terminal renewed, despite evidence of remaining pollution from half a century of ...