Thousands of gallons of oil are gone from the East River, but no one knows how much is left—or where it’s leaking from.

Despite efforts to mitigate the issue, two additional oil seeps were discovered in January 2025 along a bedrock outcropping ...

“They’re affecting the geology of the ground, the surface,” Ty Edwards, a Pecos County, Texas, resident who helps manage ...

Nearly 40,000 gallons of oil product has been sucked from the ground alongside Brunswick’s East River, but federal, state and local agencies say the source of the petroleum that is ...

Image caption, An oil rig pumps oil from the ground. Oil is also a fossil fuel, which is used to fuel vehicles and machines. Hydropower Moving water creates electricity by turning turbines under ...

That’s why, since 2015, the Center has campaigned to keep it in the ground — to stop the expansion of oil, gas, and coal development on public lands and oceans by halting new leasing and permitting.