Washington: A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP

May Have To Pay Up To $20 B To Clean Up Areas Polluted Due to Faulty Drilling In Equador
Hugh Bronstein LAGO AGRIO, ECUADOR

ARUN-DOWN court building that also houses the local casino in this Amazon jungle town is the unlikely venue for the largest environmental damages lawsuit ever tried.

On the first floor, people play for pennies in The Mirage bingo and slot machine parlor.

Surat: Fish, prawns and other sea food eaters beware. The ghost of oil spill following collision of two cargo ships in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai port on August 7 this year has now reached Surat. The district collectorate has issued a warning asking people to stay away from seafood and advised fishermen to refrain from going to the sea till the ship wreckage is salvaged.

Kerri Ann Jones, a top US official looking after international environment, during her visit to Mumbai on Monday complimented authorities involved in handling the oil spill off the city

After reviewing the country's preparedness to handle oil spills, the ministry of shipping has decided to outsource all future clean-up operations to global agencies with expertise in the area.

Narayan Lakshman

Washington: The persistence of a giant plume of oil in the Gulf of Mexico suggests that the long-term impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill may be worse than earlier assumed, a scientific study has revealed.

In the latest issue of Science magazine, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) discussed their investigations of a plume of hydrocarbons at l

Clean-up operations in the wake of the MSC Chitra oil spill have been suspended owing to a gas leak from the vessel.

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KOCHI: Security agencies, including the Navy and the Coast Guard, along with the Lakshadweep officials began efforts to prevent a possible oil spillage from the cargo ship which ran into a coral reef off Kavaratti in the Lakshadweep islands.

The Centre on Tuesday assured compensation to those affected by the oil spill resulting from the collision of the two ships off Mumbai coast early this month maintaining that

Over a hundred containers that had fallen off merchant vessel MSC Chitra, following its collision with MV Khalijia over a week ago, are yet to be recovered.