The study, fueled by oil-covered plastics collected by the Friends of Palm Beach, traced the origins of the pollutants to a ...

Every year, globally millions of acres of forests are cleared for development, grazing or crops. When this happens, most of the organic carbon stored in the original forest is released into the ...

A terminal owned by an oil company consortium which goes by LOOP, released an estimated 31,500 gallons of oil when a cargo ...

Seafood industry business owners and workers in Terrebonne Parish say they are anxious about the effects of a recent oil leak ...

The $5 billion project in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to help produce up to 10 billion barrels of oil by the end of this decade. Critics say it could endanger people and marine life.

War not only destroys habitats, it also arms the people living within them. When conflict descends on a region, the institutional architecture of wildlife protection collapses almost immediately ...

War is polluting the skies and waterways in Iran, and experts are warning that the conflict’s environmental effects could extend beyond the country.

Debbie McGuire will never forget the memory of the little seabird peering back at her, she said, only the tiny eyes visible ...

A navy ship spilled hundreds of litres of oil into Akaroa Harbour on Sunday.

On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in North America. Within hours, black crude oil was spreading across the icy ...

The advisory is in effect for the next two weeks, or until "no observable sheen or odor is present" in the river, according to the state Department of Public Health.

More than 82% of the crude oil leaked from a key offshore oil terminal south of Grand Isle late last week had been recovered by Thursday through a joint response involving 330 people and 40 vessels, ...