Chinese scientists have developed a new material from moss that could transform how we clean up oil spills. The team from Guizhou Education University modified sphagnum moss to absorb oil while ...

Hidden within sphagnum moss, commonly known as peat moss, is an adsorbent material that can help us combat oil spills. A study by researchers from China presents a new bio-based oil adsorbent derived ...

Thirty to 40 gallons of oil recently spilled into Quarry Trail Metro Park's waterways, likely due to illegal dumping, according to a Metro Parks spokesperson. On Sunday, May 11, a park employee ...

The City of Nanaimo and B.C.’s Ministry of Environment and Parks are dealing with an oil spill near Cable Bay. The spill, ...

State and federal agencies are investigating a recent mineral oil spill at Priest Rapids Dam as cleanup efforts conclude.

A crew member works to clean up and contain a 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill in the Baltimore Harbor on Thursday. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP) A 2,000-gallon diesel spill in the Baltimore Harbor turned ...

NEW ORLEANS — An oil and natural gas spill in Plaquemines Parish has been "successfully secured", according to the Coast Guard on Sunday. The Unified Command said the team cut through the wellhead, ...

Quick, coordinated efforts by Grant PUD crews, contractor GrayMar Environmental and the Washington state Department of Ecology helped contain and clean up an 84-gallon mineral oil spill from Priest Ra ...

Baltimore officials have officially started clean-up efforts in Harbor East following a 2,000-gallon fuel spill on June 4. The leak was reportedly caused by the overfilling of two diesel tanks during ...

At a creek crossing on Miner’s Creek Road, a rock punctured a car’s oil pan on June 22, and oil started leaking into the creek. Crews from Summit Fire & EMS and Red, White & Blue Fire Protection ...

A New Hampshire trucking company has been fined by the state $32,000 over its refusal to complete roadway cleanup stemming from a 2020 crash that resulted in 65 gallons of diesel fuel spilling on an ...