SINGAPORE: Chemicals are usually sprayed on oil slicks in water after an oil spill to break up the pollution, but new ...

The clean-up of a massive oil spill in August from a vessel off Mauritius will likely be mostly completed by January, the bulk carrier's owner, Japan's Nagashiki Shipping, said on Thursday.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. This method for cleaning oil spills from wood or tile surfaces has been around for decades ...

Rush says ocean can take care of itself. May 3, 2010— -- Scientists and environmentalists scoffed at Rush Limbaugh's suggestion that the ocean would clean up itself following a devastating ...

Forty-six days later, the oil spill is still spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. Depending on whose estimate you trust, somewhere between 22 million and 200 million gallons of oil are now in the water.