oil spills, Tag

Taylor Energy to pay more than $43m in clean-up costs, penalties and damage, and transfer $432m clean-up fund

Attorney general will seek to determine cause of spill and how it could have been prevented

The state’s ageing oil infrastructure means more disasters are likely as companies move away from fossil fuels

Authorities face questions over how much damage could have been prevented after 126,000 gallons of crude seeped into ocean

Ogale and Bille villagers say Shell oil operations have caused severe pollution including to their drinking water

Exclusive: African state says it has agreements with oil companies in Lake Chad area

Military called in to fire artillery rounds at wellhead in Siberia that has been ablaze for nearly a week

The danger of deepwater oil operations, combined with the loosening of Obama-era rules, mean the risk of a repeat disaster is high

Americans had the right to know the harms of smoking. They have the right to know the harms of the energy industry, too

Federal regulator wants to know more about the consultation Equinor conducted and the risks posed by oil spills

Photographer Robin Hinsch travelled to the Niger delta, visiting the gas flaring sites, artisanal refineries, and meeting the communities living in the hugely polluted environments caused by the oil industry

Projected production surge in next 12 years to be led by Shell despite climate crisis

Government says foreign ship appears to have caused the spill, in accusation likely to further strain Brazilian-Venezuelan relations

Jadestone CEO says it could cover the cost of cleaning up a major spill, even though company has never made a profit

Environmental groups say Line 5 poses a major threat and is run by Canada’s Enbridge which has a long record of mismanagement