Oil spills in oceans can spell disaster for ecosystems, but options for mitigating them are limited and can come with their own environmental challenges. A new "fire tornado" from Texas A&M University ...

County officials said the oil did not reach nearby homes or bodies of water and only extended about 10 feet from the plant's fence line. First responders placed containment booms around the site to ...

In an attempt to update the decades-old technology used to combat the extreme environmental toll of major oil spills, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created a technology that ...

Police said the hazardous material was spilled after an home heating oil truck rolled over.

These days, coyotes, mountain lions and even, once, a black bear, roam through a former oil field at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Complex. Once the site of an 8-million-gallon oil spill, Chevron and its ...

Hang on to your cleanup gear: Nearly every single worker from the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster is now dead. Last week The Root informed you that black contractors had been left out of lucrative BP ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Oil is being collected from six locations along nearly 50 miles of the Tangipahoa River, but runoff from the Smitty’s Supply fire continues to pool along some shorelines, creating ...

State and federal agencies are investigating a recent mineral oil spill at Priest Rapids Dam as cleanup efforts conclude. Newly released records show a history of similar spills at Grant County Public ...