$230M Settlement Reached in 2015 California Oil Spill May 16, 2022 The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015...
Pipeline’s Safeguards Malfunctioned in Louisiana Diesel Spill February 9, 2022 By Matthew Brown and Janet McConnaughey A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons (1.6 million liters) of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area...
Oil Spill Caused by Massive Waves From Tonga Is ‘Ecological Disaster’ for Peru January 20, 2022 By Marco Aquino An oil spill at a refinery in Peru during high waves caused by the explosion last weekend of a volcano...
Sunken Ship’s Captain and 1st Officer Sentenced to 20 Months in Mauritian Prison December 28, 2021 By Kamlesh Bhuckory The captain and first officer of a dry bulk carrier, which triggered the biggest environmental disaster in Mauritius, have been...
Grand Jury Charges Oil Company in California Spill December 17, 2021 A Los Angeles federal grand jury charged an oil company and two subsidiaries for an oil spill off the California...
California Officials Promising Improved Response After Oil Spill November 16, 2021 By Amy Taxin California officials on Monday said better communication and detection technologies could improve the state’s response to an oil spill like...
Legal Fights over California Oil Spill Likely to Last Years October 13, 2021 By Brian Melley It took little more than 48 hours from the moment a major oil spill was discovered off Southern California until...
Popular California Beach City Reopens After Massive Oil Spill October 12, 2021 By Amy Taxin A Southern California beach that was closed more than a week ago because of a leak of crude oil from...
California Spill Not the Environmental Disaster First Feared October 11, 2021 By Amy Taxin After a crude oil sheen was detected on the waters off the Southern California coast, environmentalists feared the worst: A...
Investigators Board Ship That Was Anchored Near California Oil Pipeline October 8, 2021 By Michael Biesecker, Stefanie Dazio and Michael Balsamo U.S. Coast Guard investigators have boarded a massive cargo ship as they probe what caused the rupture of an offshore...