Oil tankers follow Marpol regulations, cannot discharge large quantities of oil'

The Canadian government’s approval of a major pipeline running from the Alberta oil sands to a new port on the coast of British Columbia has intensified opposition from aboriginal groups, environme

Every year June 8 is observed as the World Ocean Day to underscore a need to protect the great body of salt water, which covers 70.78 per cent of the earth’s surface.

PANAJI: A pilot study by the national institute of oceanography (NIO) has found that the environmental sensitivity index (ESI) can serve as a road map to combat an oil spill and the consequent form

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PANAJI: Taking note of the TOI campaign on tar balls washing up on the beaches of Goa, chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday directed Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to conduct a stud

The removal of the Costa Concordia threatens to pollute the pristine waters around the Italian island of Giglio where the ship capsized two years ago, according to a new report which has angered lo

Ben van Beurden, the chief executive of Shell, will go to Nigeria this week to try to restore his firm's tarnished reputation by winning local support for a clean-up strategy to tackle old oil spil

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC)’s agreement to pay $5.15 billion for pollution cleanup across the U.S.

BP Plc (BP.L) on Wednesday asked Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to allow the company to avoid making payments to businesses demanding compensation for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill while