oil spill cleanup

Top Tweets
Smiling people with signs marching in support of science.
A blue and white ship at sea with LNG written on the side of it.
Illustration of arm "netting " smokestack emissions
Boy immersed up to nose in floodwaters

Ten years after disaster, Lac-Mégantic is a model for a greener future

Rebuilding from scratch meant the Quebec community could become more sustainable than ever.

A massive oil spill helped one billionaire avoid paying income tax for 14 years

A massive oil spill helped one billionaire avoid paying income tax for 14 years

Phyllis Taylor’s company is responsible for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. That’s been a disaster for the Gulf of Mexico — but a tax bonanza for Taylor.
The aftermath of the Huntington Beach oil spill

The aftermath of the Huntington Beach oil spill

Video by Christian Monterrosa shows the massive job cleanup crews have on the Southern California shoreline.
Newsletter
Huntington Beach has reopened, but the aftermath of the oil spill is far from over

Huntington Beach has reopened, but the aftermath of the oil spill is far from over

Recent photos reveal surfers hitting the waves—and a massive clean up still in progress.
A decade after Deepwater Horizon, we're still cleaning up oil spills the same way

A decade after Deepwater Horizon, we're still cleaning up oil spills the same way

A sinking boat off the coast of Sri Lanka is about to spill tons of oil into the ocean. The cleeanup will uses the same, ineffective techniques as the major oil spills before it. But there are better solutions.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE