RENTON, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Ecology has been working to clean up an oil spill that was discovered in ...

The Volgoneft-239 ran aground on Dec. 15 during severe storms in the Kerch Strait. Emergency crews work around the clock to ...

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local volunteers complain that the government is interfering with their clean-up ...

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches ... but with much of the oil underwater, it is difficult to determine. While the spill is not as large as some more-notorious incidents ...

Fresh oil started pouring from a stricken Russian tanker in the Black Sea on Friday, said officials in Moscow, as Ukraine warned of "terrible environmental consequences" from the spill. Heavy fuel ...

According to satellite data, around 3,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil has leaked into the Black Sea. Marine oil spills are one of the most concerning sources of water pollution, destroying entire ocean ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An oil spill from damaged tankers has contaminated a long stretch of sandy beaches along the Russian Black Sea shoreline, polluting the air and threatening wildlife in one of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Emergency workers toiling to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea have detected seven new slicks, a Russian official told the TASS state news agency on Friday, as authorities ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators have determined that an oil spill from two tankers in the Black Sea last month was smaller than initially thought, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday. The ...

Advertising Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea ...

Russian teams have been clearing up beaches off the Black Sea since December - Copyright POOL/AFP Brendan McDermid Russian teams have been clearing up beaches off the ...