The rapidly expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico appears certain to be a huge environmental and economic disaster. News reports have detailed the peril for the fragile Louisiana wetlands, beaches ...

Coastal Republicans in the past have mounted stiff opposition to drilling off their coastlines, especially in states like ...

When fire erupted on a Mexican offshore rig, officials called it an accident but survivors told a different story. This investigation uncovers what really happened in those final hours and the secrets ...

When an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico claimed the lives of 11 people, the incident was declared a tragedy. Now, with the rig at the bottom of the Gulf and thousands of gallons of oil ...

When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades. More than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels) of oil ...

An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province and may cause a tsunami ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines hours apart on Friday with the first 7.4 magnitude temblor killing at least seven people, ...

Philippine seismologists say that a new offshore earthquake with a preliminary 6.8 magnitude hit the same southern region ...

The Trump administration’s latest attack on an offshore wind project could make New England’s electricity less reliable and more expensive. Should Trump tank the project, it would leave a gaping hole ...

The massive oil spill spreading through the Gulf of Mexico is a horrific environmental disaster that could have a devastating effect on bird populations, marine life, and the coastal ecology. But, ...