In August 2020, Vikash Tatayah at the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation made a phone call he never expected to make. He had “an unusual request,” he recounts telling friends in the U.K. who owned a ...

When oily plastic and glass, as well as rubber, washed onto Florida beaches in 2020, a community group shared the mystery online, attracting scientists’ attention. Working together, they linked the ...

Six lease sales to auction California’s federal waters to the oil industry for offshore drilling beginning next year are proposed, and until 9 p.m. our time on Jan. 23, you can respond by providing ...

Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...

After a 2023 oil spill that sent more than 4 million litres of crude into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, pipeline safety regulators on Monday proposed their largest fine ever. But for ...

Every American adult can summon up searing images from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Most of the reserves in the country are extra-heavy oil that’s tough to extract and generates more greenhouse gases. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington Venezuela’s oil reserves, thought to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Clean Gulf Associates 95-foot response vessel skims crude oil approximately 4 ...

When oily plastic and glass, as well as rubber, washed onto Florida beaches in 2020, a community group shared the mystery online, attracting scientists’ attention. Working together, they linked the ...

Sun, surfboards and support: three key elements bringing healing to Hawaii's shores. Lyndie Irons, founder and director of ...