After Amazon fires, Brazil now faces oil spill crisis

Mysterious oil slicks have spread across 2,000 kilometres of the country’s northern coast since September, contaminating beaches and …

Tiny island nation threatens to take fossil fuel industries to court over climate change

In a first, Vanuatu says “climate loss and damages ravaging the nation will not go unchallenged”

Deepwater Horizon oil spill puts dolphins at risk

The spill, which occurred in 2010 in the Mexican gulf, killed thousands of marine mammals

Native Americans protest over ecologically damaging pipeline project in US

The proposed pipeline would jeopardise the Missouri River—source of drinking water—and also disturb the sacred sites

Troubled oil over waters

A severe oil spill in the Russian arctics has bulldozed the environment and created resentment among the local people. As the government reels …

Oilfree, naturally

Biosurfactants from bacteria help filter wastewater

WAR CRIMES

DYING FISH

Tackling oil spills

Spilling disaster

Nine animals fall victim to a diesel oilspill in the Galapagos Islands

Karachi fish kill

Experts blame 2003 oil spill, foreign trawlers

Bangladesh allows nearly 200 polluting factories near Sundarbans

As environmentalists raise concerns over this free-for-all, all eyes are now on the High Court, which has stayed the permissions, and will hold …

Chennai oil spill: half a dozen turtles die, fishermen fear losing livelihood

While a section of the sea water had blackened after the spill, nearly half a dozen turtles died near the north Chennai shoreline

Indonesian seaweed farmers sue Thai company over oil spill

The oil spill caused seaweed to die which resulted in huge income losses, claim the farmers

Coast Guard mops up another oil spill

The oil pipeline burst at Bombay High exposes maintenance lapses and highlights the urgent need for environment management plans to tackle such …

Coast Guard cleans up oil spill off Nicobar

Indian crews successfully contained a huge oil spill near the Great Nicobar island. Now, the ministry of environment and forests must assess the …

‘Tar balls’ spread along South Gujarat coast

The presence of the lumps of solid crude mean there has been an oil spill in the area

VIETNAM

Oily deaths

Dealing with oil spill

Stiff penalty

Look how oil spill affects health, environment in Brazil

Oil spill has spread across 2,500 kilometres since September, and has reached 92 municipalities and 14 conservation units in nine states

Largest cruise ship to Arctic could set a wrong precedent

The month-long voyage across the Arctic can have a manifold impact on a region that’s already vulnerable to climate change

Explaining the chemistry of an oil spill

Oil tanker spills compound the danger to the marine food chain by crude released into the sea in normal operations and seepage from the earth. …

A blast off the top

The blowout at its rig in Andhra Pradesh has put the Oil and Natural Gas Commission in a technological fix, apart from raising the question of …