Workers on Sunday nearly finished cleaning up a handful of beaches drenched by marine fuel after a small spill off the coast of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, port authorities said.

A Brazilian judge dropped criminal charges against Chevron Corp, Transocean Ltd and 17 of their employees related to a November 2011 offshore oil spill, the companies said on Wednesday.

Court reduces company's maximum fine a week before trial over blowout that dumped millions of gallons of oil into Gulf of Mexico

The 1,000-km pipeline will feed industries at Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Bellary, Davanagere, Chitradurga, Tumkuyr, Ramanagaram & Bengaluru

State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd today commissioned a Rs 4,500 crore pipeline carrying gas from the just operationalised Dabhol LNG terminal into Bengaluru that promises to change the energy landscape of the region. The 1,000-km pipeline will feed industries at Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Bellary, Davanagere, Chitradurga, Tumkuyr, Ramanagaram and Bengaluru which have till now been using costlier and polluting liquid fuels like naphtha and diesel as feedstock.

ALAPPUZHA: Poor rainfall, increase in the salinity of Vembanad lake and oil leak from houseboats and government service boats have adversely affected the 'puncha' cultivation in Kuttanad.

BP could be nearing a settlement of federal claims with the U.S.

A draft document by the Arctic Council fails to define liability for accidents in an icy region opening up due to global warming

Charity says birdwatchers on Chesil beach in Dorset spotted what they believed were many seabirds covered in pollutant

As conservationists clean up hundreds of birds coated in refined mineral oil, experts fear many more may be suffering at sea

An Argentine appeals court has upheld a move by Buenos Aires to freeze $19 billion in Chevron assets at the request of Ecuador, which blames the oil giant for environmental damage in the Amazon.