Los Angeles County Public Health officials gave new guidance to residents after a ruptured pipeline released approximately 2,400 gallons of crude oil along a major East Los Angeles street and into ...

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EAST LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Crews worked Friday to clean up a large oil spill in East Los Angeles after a construction project ruptured an underground pipeline, sending thousands of gallons of crude ...

Videos show birds, turtles and crabs trapped inside mounds of tar around Shidvar island, a protected wildlife sanctuary with turquoise waters and white sand beaches. By Sanam Mahoozi Erika Solomon and ...

A pause in Iranian oil shipments from Kharg Island, the nation’s main export hub, is most likely the result of an oil spill in the area, according to TankerTrackers.com, a firm that uses satellite ...

Iran’s top environmental official said on Tuesday that a suspected oil spill in the Gulf near Iran’s Kharg Island was likely caused by a tanker dumping waste water and not a leak from oil facilities.

A satellite image obtained from Copernicus on Friday appears to show an oil slick off the coast of Kharg Island.COPERNICUS SENTINEL DATA 2026/AFP/Getty Images Iran denied any connection to an oil ...

Oil is oozing through the ocean near Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to satellite photos released Friday, raising questions about the state of Iran’s central energy production hub ...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - A suspected oil spill covering dozens of square kilometres of sea near Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island has been seen on satellite imagery ‌this week. The likely spill - ...

The slick, captured in satellite images near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, has raised concerns about the condition of Iran’s oil infrastructure. By Sanam Mahoozi Mira Rojanasakul and Hiroko ...

A pipeline leak triggered a massive oil spill affecting over 370 miles of Mexico’s Gulf coastline and damaging local economies. The incident has reignited concerns over Pemex’s poor safety practices ...

First responders use pads to manually clean up an oil spill in the Kennebec River over the weekend. Credit: Courtesy of Cathy Sioch State and federal officials are investigating the source of a small ...