OIL SPILL

AbTech Industries, Inc. President and CEO Glenn Rink demos the "Smart Sponge," a popcorn-shaped material that can absorb oils spills.

Even if approved, the Keystone XL Pipeline may not be ready to begin shipping crude until 2016.

The report also shows that many railroad accidents happen when trains switch tracks.

British Petroleum is fighting false compensation claims in the aftermath of the 2010 oil spill.

After polluting Ecuador, 420k gallons of oil are making their way downstream the Amazon towards Peru and Brazil.

The European Union is set to regulate offshore oil and gas anew, responding to the massive 2010 BP oil spill.

A sweeping majority of Transocean shareholders voted down Icahn's proposal for a $4 a share dividend and voted out chairman Michael Talbert.

Mining and commodities trading giant Glencore Xstrata appointed former BP chief executive Tony Hayward as interim chairman.

The fifth Earth Day of Barack Obama’s presidency finds campaign promises still unfulfilled, but environmental advocates are still pushing.

From Earth Day 1970 to Earth Day 2013, one of the world's first environmental campaigns has come a long way.

The first casualties of ExxonMobil's oil spill in Mayflower, Ark., are ducks and turtles, but the long-term impacts are uncertain.

Historically, more oil spills happen via train transport than via pipelines, according to a study.

Rig contractor Transocean Ltd agreed Thursday to pay $1.4 billion to settle charges over BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, admitting that its crew on the Deepwater Horizon was partly responsible.

BP agreed to plead guilty to 11 felony criminal charges and one misdemeanor charge, and to pay the fine over five years.

Pluristem Therapeutics, Facebook Inc, ARM Holdings Plc, Francesca's Holdings Corp, BP Plc, Nokia Corp, Alcatel Lucent SA, Capital One Financial Corp, Netflix and Lennar Corp. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.

The road to recovery for New Orleans has been as long and winding as the Mississippi River that snakes through town, but the people of this city are ready for the world to see what they've known for a while: The place is vital again.

Local campaigners have compared the potential impact of the mine's effluent to BP's Gulf of Mexico disaster and the Exxon Valdez oil spill, saying the region's fish stocks will become unsellable if the project goes ahead.

The British banking giant announced it was earmarking $700 million for laundering roughly $30 billion in drug and terrorism money around the world.

This time, China's bid is unlikely to be blocked by the government, as its attempted takeover of Unocal was seven years ago

The study, conducted by Sony Electronics and Nielsen television research, measured the most impactful moments in TV history based on participants' recollections of televised events. The results were compiled through an online survey of 1,077 adults selected at random by Nielsen, the company that measures TV ratings.

A federal jury in New Orleans rejected Thursday claims that Kevin Costner and his business partner swindled Stephen Baldwin and a friend out of millions of dollars from a BP contract for oil cleanup devices after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.