Clean-up continues and conservationist is impressed with the response Clean-up operations continue on West Coast beaches after an oil spill from the wreck of MV Ultra Galaxy. A local conservationist ...

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

A team of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed an innovative technique that allows the ...

US President Donald Trump says that wind farms harm birds and whales. Scientists weigh wind power's impacts on wildlife against those of oil and gas.

There was an enormous oil spill at Shell's largest Asian refinery, raising major concerns about safety and environmental ...

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

The images, shot just after 1200 GMT, showed flames shooting up into the sky in several spots. Oil tanks at the facility stood burned, covered in soot. Thick plumes of black smoke towered over the ...

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

The spill appears to have moved quickly after the initial incident. On 24 December, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify showed oil accumulating on a beach in Anapa - some 40 miles from the strait.

An oil spill in Nigeria's delta region has caused a fire that is yet to be contained. A subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited blames the spill on oil thieves. Accidents are ...