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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Visitors to Quarry Trails Metro Park on Mother’s Day noticed an oily substance in the water and were greeted with signs that read “no fishing” and “stay out of water.” Sunday’s ...

Since the 1940s, over 25 major oil spills have occurred worldwide, with six large spills (>700 tons) and four medium spills (7–700 tons) recorded last year alone. 1 Traditional remediation methods, ...

Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that spewed crude and natural gas for more than a week. “Gaining control of the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Clean up continues and some areas remain closed in the Village of Whitehouse Monday. This is following a hydraulic oil spill, last week, resulting from the demolition of a former ...

WHITEHOUSE, Ohio (WTVG) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assisting with cleanup efforts after an oil spill March 6 in Whitehouse. Officials with the Whitehouse Fire Department say the ...