Gov. Gavin Newsom touted California’s environmental efforts at a UN climate summit, but toxic spills and a new law speeding drilling have tarnished the state's reputation at home.

Environmental clean-up crews from GrayMar Environmental were contracted by the Washington State Department of Ecology to clean up the oil leak downstream from Priest Rapids Dam just south of the ...

On Dec. 19, California’s oil and gas regulatory agency, the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM), issued a Notice of ...

The soft-drink giant Pepsi is donating $1.3-million to help Gulf Coast cleanup efforts as part of its Pepsi Refresh Project, which awards grants to charities based on online voting, writes The New ...

Maryland environmental officials have closed a decades-long case involving one of the largest oil spills in state history, ...

Yolo County said a coconut oil spill prompted the closure; however, the California Highway Patrol said it's not clear what ...

Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils. Deep-water corals in the Gulf of Mexico are still ...

The deaths of over 150 dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico so far this year is due in part to the devastating 2010 BP oil spill and the chemical dispersants used to contain it, a report said Thursday.

Research funded through oil industry tax will validate spill-tracking tools used by responders in one of the most complex ...

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