Narayan Lakshman

Washington: A long

Suzanne Goldenberg

There was mounting evidence on Tuesday night that the scale of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has grown beyond all the initial worst-case scenarios, as thousands of gallons of oil continued to gush from the sea floor.

Padre island national seashore, Texas

What causes oil spills?

Suzanne Goldenberg

Executives from three oil giants point fingers at one another under tough questioning from U.S. senate committee.

The three oil industry titans behind the Gulf of Mexico spill all sought to blame one another under questioning from senators on Tuesday (May 11), as troops fanned out along the Louisiana coastline to limit the damage caused by the environmental disaster.

Rushikulya Rookery (Orissa), May 11, (PTI):

Thousands of eggs of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles on the beach adjoining river Rushikulya in Ganjam district have failed to hatch this year because of the recent oil spill at a nearby port, conservationists claim.

James William Gibson