Authorities insist on the effectiveness of conventional water cleanups while citizens are requesting hair donations to remove ...

As of this week, the response effort includes approximately 667 responders and 114 vessels engaged in cleanup activities.

CNN — With its succulent leaves and violet flowers, water hyacinth may look beautiful, but it is in fact deadly. The invasive species, introduced to Africa from South America in the late 1800s, has ...

With the well capped and surface oil fast disappearing from the Gulf of Mexico, the response to the BP spill seems ready to move to a new phase—and possibly a less intense one. Right now BP is ...

The Department of Environmental Conservation last week launched a program to help eligible homeowners cover cleanup costs relating to home heating oil spills. DEC’s Prevention, Preparedness and ...

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) identified crude oil near its facility on Thursday, Feb. 26. After discovering the oil leak, which was caused by an offshore mechanical failure, the source was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State and federal agencies are investigating a recent mineral oil spill at Priest Rapids Dam as cleanup efforts conclude. Newly ...

An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has spread roughly 373 miles across open water and fouled about 125 miles of Mexican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THREE RIVERS, Mass. (WWLP) – The Three Rivers Fire Department has been sent to a large oil spill in and around the Chicopee River.

Large transmission lines at the Priest Rapids Dam, with the Saddle Mounts visible on the south bank in the background. The hydroelectric facility is owned and operated by Grant County Public Utility ...