HB 3707, introduced by longtime Texas kingmaker and Permian Basin state Rep. Tom Craddick (R), targets illegal handling of oil field waste. “Texas has long been a leader in oil and gas, and with that ...

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A massive oil spill in Ecuador, in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, has covered multiple rivers and a key wildlife ...

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency amid "unprecedented" damage and to order residents to ration drinking ...

An environmental hazard unfolded in Westchester County when a ruptured fuel line from a generator dumped nearly 1,200 gallons ...

But just a few months later, an oil spill changed their neighborhood. Last September, MOL, Hungary’s leading gas and oil company, detected a drop in the pressure of one of their pipes.

The Russian summer resort town of Anapa is suing two shipping companies for $2.4 million after an oil spill devastated its local beaches. The office of the town's mayor, Vasiliy Shvets ...

The incident caused serious damage to a bunker vessel – the Singapore-flagged Marine Honour – and led to the worst oil spill in Singapore in 10 years. On March 12, Richard Ouwehand ...