oil spills, Tag

New reports show that nearly twice as much crude oil leaked from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota last November than originally estimated. TransCanada spokesperson Robynn Tysver said that roughly 9,700 barrels of oil...

Under company modelling major spill would pollute beaches and could disrupt southern right whale migration

Scientists say consumers should be wary of buying any seafood that may have passed through the area until the toxic impact of the spill has been assessed

China and South Korea mount search operation for crew of Iranian tanker spilling oil east of Shanghai after collision with Hong Kong freighter

The company reported a leak from a well off the coast of Western Australia to Nopsema last year, and says there was no lasting impact on the environment

The Trump administration has announced its intention to reverse Barack Obama’s Keystone XL pipeline decision by March 27, according to a report by Politico...

The UK’s biggest ever oil spill in 1967 taught invaluable lessons about the response to disasters, toughened up shipping safety and stirred green activism

Yesterday police in riot gear evicted Standing Rock protesters after an evacuation deadline passed. Though the majority of demonstrators left the Oceti Sakowin camp before the February 22nd deadline, about 50 Dakota Access...

The salad shortage focused attention on the failures of our 24/7 dietary culture. But it also provides a chance to rethink the way we eat fresh fruit, veg and green leaves

Uncontrolled fire whirls, or fire tornadoes, can be terrifying. But one type of fire whirl may be immensely beneficial to humanity. University of Maryland engineers discovered a "beautiful, swirling flame phenomenon" they...

Townspeople rally to demand halt to shipping of volatile oil by railBooms deployed on river to contain spill from unknown sourceEnvironmental crews worked on Saturday to contain a sheen of oil that appeared in the Columbia...

Settlement compensates investors who claimed BP publicly underplayed amount of oil flowing from Macondo well into Gulf of Mexico

Business models employed by multinationals such as Shell and BP are no longer fit for purpose, warns energy expert

Several deaths and dozens of injuries were reported after an explosion at the Clorados 3 plant of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo in Mexico. Javier Duarte, the mayor of Mexico’s Veracruz state, said authorities were co-ordinating...

Six years after the worst environmental catastrophe in US history, Department of the Interior has proposed mandatory standards for oil well infrastructure