When the EXXON VALDEZ ran aground in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, it was an action-forcing event that led to what ...

An oil spill from a grounded sanctioned tanker off Oman is expanding dramatically, reaching shorelines and spreading far out ...

Blazes like this, and the terrifying images they produce, are a vivid reminder of the environmental challenges the world ...

Relatives of some of the Brits who died in the Kielland disaster have got together for the first time 46 years after the tragedy British families who lost husbands and fathers in an oil rig disaster ...

On July 15, 2010, BP announced it had capped its crippled underwater well that sent millions of barrels of crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for three months.

The federal government is looking to the ocean to solve a growing stress point in the commercial space industry. As part of a fresh initiative, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is ...

The move in Santa Barbara by the Trump administration has made residents anxious in a region prized for its gorgeous beaches and ocean views. The move in Santa Barbara by the Trump administration has ...

Hundreds of offshore oil rigs have neared the end of their lives, but they remain perched high above the surface of oceans while the wells beneath them have run dry. Now, the government has proposed a ...

TNR’s Greg Sargent takes a critical look at the day’s political news and the stories leading NewRepublic.com, and speaks to leading journalists and newsmakers.

Sometimes, the news is good. Not long ago, I found myself trudging through a gloomy collection of headlines when a piece of good news indeed made me light up like a firefly: Gov. Kay Ivey had just ...

CARACAS, June 29 (Reuters) - An explosion at a rig operated ‌by state-run oil company PDVSA in Venezuela'sLos Llanos central region left at least 17 workers injured late on Sunday, including two with ...

Refinery fires and rig explosions in Texas almost never start with a single dramatic moment. The danger usually builds through smaller warnings that crews can see, hear, smell, and report well before ...