A propane-fueled torch sits amid oil and burnt marsh vegetation April 1, 2025, on Weeks Island in coastal Iberia Parish. Evidence of an oil leak – and unsuccessful efforts to clean it – remained ...

Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems, disrupt coastal communities, and impose lasting economic damage.

I responded to oil spills for decades. We’re no longer ready for a big one. A recent oil and gas spill near New Orleans took more than a week to contain. Over 70,000 gallons spewed from an old well ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / In our recent live panel discussion, "Contain, Control, Close: Practical Spill Strategies for Oil Fields," a panel of industry experts, Seth ...

As a former supervisor of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s Spill Prevention and Response programs, I was trained in many of the Coast Guard’s Incident Command System classes and was the Incident Commander ...

Baltimore officials have officially started clean-up efforts in Harbor East following a 2,000-gallon fuel spill on June 4. The leak was reportedly caused by the overfilling of two diesel tanks during ...

A day after thousands of gallons of oil overflowed into the water in Baltimore’s Harbor East area, officials from multiple agencies said Thursday that they have contained the spill in what Gov. Wes ...

WEEKS ISLAND – A month after an oil spill in coastal Iberia Parish, the little island at the edge of Vermilion Bay looks bleak. Footsteps churn up oil mixed with mud and ash. A rainbow sheen spreads ...