The study, fueled by oil-covered plastics collected by the Friends of Palm Beach, traced the origins of the pollutants to a 2019 oil spill.

The Justice Department said the president has the legal authority to overrule state regulators and reopen an offshore oil pipeline that was shut down after causing a gigantic oil spill. By Soumya ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large portion of the oil spilled into the Gulf has been recovered, but shrimpers say the damage already could be done. According ...

The RMIT team's 'Electronic Dolphin', a proof-of-concept minibot, collects kerosene oil from the surface of water, offering a safer and more targeted way to respond to spills in sensitive environments ...

On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in North America. Within hours, black crude oil was spreading across the icy ...

A coalition of environmental agencies and emergency responders is continuing its work to contain the spill of oil into the Codorus Creek caused by the massive Feb. 25 fire at J&K Salvage in Spring ...

More than 82% of the crude oil leaked from a key offshore oil terminal south of Grand Isle late last week had been recovered by Thursday through a joint response involving 330 people and 40 vessels, ...

Oil spills have a new whirlwind solution. Disasters like Exxon Valdez in 1989 and Deepwater Horizon in 2010 are difficult to clean up after and can cause catastrophic ecological damage — and there are ...

WEST HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - Thousands of gallons of home heating oil spilled into a river in West Haven following a crash between a car and an oil tanker. The crash happened around 1:45 p.m. Thursday and ...

WEST HAVEN — An oil tanker spilled its cargo Thursday after a head-on crash with another vehicle on Forest Road in West Haven, police say. In a news release, West Haven police Sgt. Scott Allard said ...

Oil spills in oceans can spell disaster for ecosystems, but options for mitigating them are limited and can come with their own environmental challenges. A new "fire tornado" from Texas A&M University ...

"Our goal is to harness the chaotic nature of fire whirls as a powerful, precise restoration tool, to protect coastlines, marine ecosystems and the environment as a whole." While it sounds ...