A large oil spill in 2011 from a floating oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria, known as the Bonga, was one of the ...

Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of ...

An example of what Napanee can expect occurred in 2023, when the City of Woodstock, Ontario, hosted Ontario’s Salvation Army ...

When crews arrived, they discovered a substantial amount of home heating oil pouring from a drainage pipe into the river. Firefighters traced the source of the spill by inspecting multiple catch ...

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency amid "unprecedented" damage and to order residents to ration drinking ...

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. Uncovering hidden oil ...

Oil spill researcher Dr Alex Lukyanov, of the University of Reading, said: “This particular incident is troubling because it appears to involve persistent oil, which breaks up slowly in water.” ...

It is currently unclear how much has been released, but oil spills can harm or kill marine wildlife and affect fishing and communities if they reach the coast. Experts say jet fuels are generally ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. British officials were concerned about possible environmental damage Tuesday and looking for answers a day ...

They will have conducted a series of drills and be familiar with different emergency scenarios ... other kinds of oil, such as diesel or crude oil. However, unlike oil spills it does burn ...