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.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A portion of SR-78 near Ramona was closed Tuesday night while crews worked to clean oil that spilled on the highway. Cal Fire was assisting California Highway Patrol with ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began nearly 15 years ago may have had a larger impact on offshore ecosystems than previously thought, recent research suggests.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the ...

San Diego and several other local cities must pay an $11.4 million fine for a sewage spill in January 2023 that released 9.9 million gallons of wastewater at 30 locations between Point Loma and San ...

SAN DIEGO (KABC) -- The U.S. Goard Guard is now investigating a fuel spill off the coast of San Clemente Island. On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy said they were not responsible ...

The oil spill from Orange County has made its way down to North County San Diego. Here, filmer Brooks Venters is informing Blind Surfer Pete that he’s about to paddle out into some tar. #shorts If you ...

SAN ARDO – 4,000 gallons of oil and toxic wastewater spilled from a pipeline in the San Ardo Oil Field on Friday, according to a Hazardous Materials Spill Report from the Governor’s Office Emergency ...

A spill Wednesday snarled traffic as it backed up two right lanes and an off-ramp on northbound Interstate 15 in San Diego. The spill occurred at about 8:16 a.m. Wednesday, just south of Friars Road, ...

A malfunction at BP's Whiting Refinery in Indiana caused oil to spill into Lake Michigan. BP spokesman Scott Dean said the disruption was discovered around 4:30 p.m. Monday. It resulted in the ...

A Texas oil pipeline company responsible for spilling more than 140,000 gallons of crude on the Southern California coast last year has been indicted on dozens of criminal charges, the company said ...