Nearby, two shrimp boats pulling fire boom were burning oil skimmed from ... as slicks or sheens on the water or tar balls on the beaches. The Deepwater Horizon spill had become the largest ...

From the moment the oil hits the water, experts and local environmental ... controversial way of removing an oil spill is to ...

Oil migrating to Lake Ripley, the closest major body of water to the spill site, was another key concern at the meeting. The Jefferson County Health Department recommended expanding well water ...

An oil spill into the flooded Licking River has caused a state of emergency to be declared in Butler and Pendleton County, in northern Kentucky.

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency and order residents to ration drinking water. The spill, believed to have ...

On April 1, a month after the spill occurred, oil was still visible at the site. It shimmered atop the water in the tidal marsh alongside the Intracoastal Waterway. The oil was mixed with charred ...

Experts warn any spill could severely affect marine life, seabirds, and fragile ecosystems in and around the Humber Estuary ...

Russia continues its Black Sea clean-up operation in the Kerch Strait, after last December’s oil spill from two storm-stricken Russian tankers, according to Russian authorities. Russia is ...