At first, the photos are hard to look at: oil swirls across water, creating a horrific tableau of the environmental disaster of the century. But upon further reflection, there is beauty in Burtynsky’s ...
NEW ORLEANS — 16 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the legacy of the disaster is colliding with a renewed push to expand offshore drilling under the administration of President Donald Trump ...
An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that soiled beaches, killed wildlife and sparked outrage from environmental groups was caused by a leaky pipeline owned by state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, the ...
In 2020, amid the chaos of the pandemic, the island nation of Mauritius was hit by one of the worst environmental disasters in its history when the MV Wakashio, owned by Nagashiki Shipping, crashed ...
On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in North America. Within hours, black crude oil was spreading across the icy ...
Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems, disrupt coastal communities, and impose lasting economic damage.
An Imperial Oil pipeline spilled 843,000 litres of bitumen emulsion northwest of Cold Lake, Alta., last week. In a statement to CBC News, Imperial Oil spokesperson Lisa Schmidt said teams responded ...