Oil Spill
A Decaying Boat Full of 16,000 Litres of Oil Will Be Removed From the BC Coast
The only thing keeping the oil in might be marine growth.
In Photos: Shell's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
An undersea pipeline 90 miles off the Louisiana coast leaked roughly 90,000 gallons of oil last week — and, over the weekend, dozens of activists around the country were arrested during anti-fossil fuel protests.
Shell Oil Spill Prompts Renewed Calls for a Moratorium on Oil and Gas Development in the Gulf of Mexico
An offshore rig operated by Royal Dutch Shell leaked over 88,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico — a region which produces 17 percent of the nation's crude and supports a quarter of a million jobs.
Fetal and Baby Dolphin Deaths Increased After Deepwater Horizon Spill
Dead dolphins found in the spill zone had lung abnormalities, too.
Federal Judge Approves $20B Gulf Spill Settlement — And BP Can Write Off a Lot of It
Ninety-nine percent of public comment submitted to the US Department of Justice about the proposed settlement complained that BP would simply treat the penalty as a cost of doing business.
The Train Derailment That Gushed Oil Into A Quebec River Has Spawned Freaky Fish
The rate of deformity is ten times higher than the average. Scientists are not surprised.
A Massive Cargo Ship Accident Was Caused by Rum
A Russian sailor was fired after it was discovered he drank half a liter of booze before driving a 7,000-ton ship into the Scottish coast.
How an Execution 20 Years Ago Shaped the Fight Against Oil Pollution in the Niger Delta
The legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, an activist who fought against the environmental destruction of the Niger Delta, still lives on two decades after he was killed by Nigeria’s military junta.
The US Government Just Closed Its Case on the Exxon Valdez Disaster
Nearly 26 years ago, the Exxon Valdez struck a reef about 125 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil in what was then the worst spill in US history.
Oysters in the Gulf of Mexico Are Still Screwed
We may have lost up to 508 million pounds of oyster meat thanks to the BP oil spill of 2010.
A Massive Oil Pipeline Under the Great Lakes Is Old Enough to Rupture
If just one of the two degrading pipelines breaks, it would result in a 1.5 million gallon oil spill, devastating the region. Motherboard traveled to Michigan to investigate the situation.
A Massive Oil Pipeline Under the Great Lakes Is Way Past Its Expiration Date
If there is a rupture, the result would be disastrous.