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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

The settlement, first announced in July, will cover environmental damage and other claims by the five Gulf states and local governments, paid out over 16 years

The oil giant has topped the list of most criticized brands for the fourth year running. But should NGOs be doing more to push the carbon fuel debate forward?

In the last 40 years or so there have been 13 major oil spills worldwide. Despite our dependence on oil, we have not yet come up with an effective way of cleaning up after our devastating messes. A physicist at Fermilab,...

In the last 40 years or so there have been 13 major oil spills worldwide. Despite our dependence on oil, we have not yet come up with an effective way of cleaning up after our devastating messes. A physicist at Fermilab,...