After crews were able to contain the leak, now environmental groups are working to learn if there was any damage done.

Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region's ecosystem can be ...

Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up ...

The Nigerian government is in talks with local communities to restart oil production in a region that’s previously suffered ...

Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Russia has sent clean-up crews to some of the affected areas, ...

A construction vessel spilled oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa over the weekend.

(Courtesy: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition) Oil spills can pollute large volumes of surrounding water – thousands of times greater than the spill itself – causing ...

Up to 5,000 tonnes of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official statements analysed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. A senior Russian ...