In response, Shell contends that most of the pollution resulted from criminal ... subsidiary "failed to implement basic measures" to prevent oil theft and other activities that led to the spills ...

Compensation body says urgent checks are needed on insurance status of vessels suspected of being behind spills ...

Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship smashed into an oil ...

Frequently those wells are as little as a few hundred yards from oil and gas wells or other infrastructure linked with toxic pollution — which are just one explosion or spill away from ruining them.

But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing hidden oil spills, speeding up the discovery of new species and uncovering how light pollution impacts marine life. Satellite imagery ...

The European Court of Auditors found that Member States are not enforcing rules to prevent ... sea pollution aren't being properly tracked and used. Seawater contamination due to oil spills ...