Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

The BP oil spill has reminded us that whether we love ethanol or hate it, it's still loads better than crude oil. Or at least that's what the corn ethanol lobbies would have us believe ...

On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

This marks at least the fifth incident involving oil spilling into Singapore waters since June 2024. Read more at ...

in fines for its role in the country’s worst-ever oil spill. A burst pipe released five million liters of crude oil into the Evrona Nature Reserve north of Eilat in 2014. The spill left 36 acres ...

The Moscow Times explains why the Black Sea oil spill has been so devasting for seabirds. Animals, especially seabirds, are facing some of the worst impacts of the oil spill. Between 15,000 and ...

About 23 tonnes of diesel oil leaked from the Police Coast Guard Brani Regional Base in southern Singapore into surrounding ...

Oil spills washing up on beaches along more than 2,000 kilometers of Brazil’s northeast coastline could be the worst environmental “attack” in the country’s history, the CEO of Petrobras ...

Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran.

The Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise (GLCOE) recently announced nine studies related to oil spills that will be carried out in 2025.

Singapore has had at least five incidents of oil spilling into its waters since June 2024, with the latest one on Feb 5. Read ...