Putin acknowledged the extent of the disaster and dispatched senior officials to deal with Russia’s largest oil spill in years, which has befouled some of the country’s most popular beaches.

The Environmental Defense Center works to prevent Sable restart of offshore oil drilling over safety and climate concerns.

ATHENS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A risky operation to salvage an oil tanker attacked by Houthi militants in the Red Sea and avert what could have been one of the largest oil spills in recorded history ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was the largest ever, spewing some 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf and creating an oil slick over 43,300 square miles, roughly the size of the ...

Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are "most likely related to the fuel oil spill ... the peninsula's largest city some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Kerch ...