Rough waters and high winds were complicating efforts to clean up a recent oil spill off the coast of California, state officials said Saturday.

But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing hidden oil spills, speeding up the discovery of new species and ...

In fact, a 2020 review of 30 large offshore oil spills found only 2-6% of oil was recovered using mechanical methods like skimmers. Short says that mechanical recovery has improved in recent ...

Unfortunately, spills like this are not new news. The Amico Cadiz oil spill in 1978 ... aromatic hydrocarbons was discovered thanks to a 2020 study published in Scientific Reports.

Independent researchers and opposition lawmakers have said the spill likely originated from the El Palito oil refinery in nearby Carabobo state, citing satellite images showing slicks near the ...

The groups sued on behalf of environmental justice and conservation groups, as well as individuals who personally experienced Corexit’s toxic effects in the Exxon Valdez or BP Deepwater Horizon oil ...

The ship is thought to be carrying "furnace oil", described as dark thick, and when spilled, pernicious - but the government ...

The second set of approvals is for eight new wells in the Elk Hills oilfield in Kern County, which would add harmful pollution to an area that already has some of the worst air quality in the nation — ...