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

December incident in which two aging oil tankers were caught in a storm and broke in half in the Kerch Strait, spilling 2,500 ...

A construction vessel spilled oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa over the weekend.

Fresh oil started pouring from a stricken ... Vladimir Putin has called it one of the "most serious environmental challenges" Russia has faced in recent years. Hundreds of birds and dozens of ...

Oil spills are among the most destructive environmental disasters, leaving long-lasting impacts on marine ecosystems and coastal communities. When oil seeps into the ocean, it spreads rapidly ...

A plan to resume offshore oil drilling in Santa Barbara, California, has reopened old wounds in a city where a 1969 oil spill ...

A sewage spill closed a portion of La Jolla Shores on Wednesday, the San Diego County Department of Environmental and Quality ...

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local volunteers ... Fuel oil continues to leak into the sea from the sunken ...

Fresh oil started pouring from a stricken Russian tanker in the Black Sea on Friday, said officials in Moscow, as Ukraine warned of "terrible environmental consequences" from the spill. Heavy fuel ...