However, the ban includes a transitional arrangement that gives shipping companies time to adapt while simultaneously protecting the Arctic from oil spills. It allows ships with protected fuel ...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of an oil spill in Alaska that alerted the world to the dangers of oil development in the Arctic. The holed Exxon Valdez tanker spewed more than 41 million litres of ...

from the site of the accident Russian prosecutors have ordered checks at "particularly dangerous installations" built on permafrost after a huge oil spill in the Arctic. An emergency was declared ...

Diesel oil from a huge spill in Russia's Arctic north has polluted a large freshwater lake and there is a risk it could spread into the Arctic Ocean, a senior Russian official says. Emergency ...

From today, ships going through Arctic waters can no longer ... Only five to 10 per cent of the oil will evaporate in the first hours after a spill. Spills usually spread into thick slicks on ...

The Biden administration plans to sell drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a last-minute maneuver that ...

Greenpeace has today (3 August) held the opening recital of a month-long run of musical protests against Arctic oil drilling taking place ... An inexpensive method of cleaning up oil spills which also ...

Rescuers have removed more than 100 tonnes of fuel after a spill in the Russian Siberian city of Norilsk, the Maritime Rescue Service’s press service said earlier.

While these circumstances could well be considered a failure of sorts, they could just as easily be seen as par for the course, as the extraction of Arctic oil and gas ranks among the most expensive ...

With one day left to… U.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill ... Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Obama administration approves Arctic drilling ahead of ...

a global leader in oil spill response and environmental solutions, have signed an agreement within the International Arctic Forum, on the main principles of cooperation to study the prospects of ...

A massive oil spill from an overturned vessel off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago is "not under control," Prime Minister Keith Rowley said Sunday. Venezuela Oil Giant Says 80 Percent Of Oil Spill ...