The microorganisms already exist in the ocean, but researchers want to amplify their effect.

This revolutionary new material can be wrung out allowing the oil and the sponge to be used again.

Lead, salt and radioactive radium, these are just some of the yummy things you'll find in water and soil in and around fracking sites in North Dakota.

Scientists uncover reproductive problems caused by the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Study indicates the effects of low levels of oil contamination are worse than anticipated

Gulf Coast states and the federal government agree to the highest fine for an environmental disaster in U.S. history.

Why make exceptions like this?

The rupture spilled thousands of gallons of oil, contaminated at least four miles of beach and spread into the ocean.

Last week was the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf. Here are 10 solutions that could have helped then and will hopefully prevent major damage in the future.

Government officials and BP cleanup crews could not find millions of gallons of oil...

The plant that is the favorite of monarch butterflies could also help clean up oil slicks and spills.

A new study shows that dispersants expected to have degraded long ago remain persistent in the environment.

Greenpeace thinks something is rotten in the state of Denmark!

Pipeline company Kinder Morgan claims that they create "business and employment opportunities".

One of the perverse effects of climate change, and of the fact that the poles are warming up faster than the rest of the planet, is that Arctic sea ice is retreating more than we've ever seen before, opening up the Arctic sea to oil shipping and drilling.

The largest oil spill in the U.S. happened 25 years ago today.

Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.

Sweaters keep little penguins warm, and prevent them from ingesting toxins.