A unit of ConocoPhillips said it has found several small oil leaks in China's northern Bohai Bay two months after an oil spill began, while the Chinese government again urged the company to halt the leak by the end of this month.
Republican presidential candidate and Texas governor Rick Perry has shown a flair for putting his foot in his mouth -- or someone else's mouth. He suggested Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is treasonous. He once suggested the BP oil spill might have been an act of God instead of corporate errors. Here's 10 things Perry might say if elected President.
Here's 10 potential isms from would-be President Rick Perry (in jest, of course).
Authorities in northeastern China on Sunday ordered a petrochemical plant to be shut down immediately after thousands of people demonstrated, demanding the relocation of the factory at the center of a toxic spill scare, state media said.
Missouri River, upper Mississippi River and groundwater are the major sources of nitrate in the Gulf of Mexico, adding to the dead zones formed from BP oil spill in April 2010.
In a move to expand America's domestic oil and gas exploration, the Department of the Interior began to reverse a moratorium on offshore drilling by approving Royal Dutch Shell's request to drill exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean.
Carcinogens float in drinking wells in Nigeria.
People including James Cameron and the airline titan Richard Branson, have taken aim at one of the most remote places on the planet.
the very wealthy have begun investing in private vessels to explore the other great frontier: the ocean's depths.
A ship broke free from a tow line and is stranded near the shore at Sheffield Beach, north of Durban, South Africa.
BP would be wise to consider splitting its operations, as ConcoPhillips and Marathon Oil recently have, to possibly gain back up to 100 billion in value, according to an analyst.
Governor Brian Schweitzer vowed to cling to Exxon Mobil to get the company clean up the oil spill over the weekend that fouled the Yellowstone River in Montana.
An ExxonMobil pipeline in Montana State ruptured late Friday, which spilled hundreds of barrels of crude oil into the famed Yellowstone River, prompting evacuations of nearby residents.
A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp in Montana state ruptured late Friday, dumping as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River over the weekend.
An ExxonMobil pipeline in Montana state ruptured late Friday, which spilled hundreds of barrles of crude oil into the famed Yellowstone River, prompting evacuations of nearby residents.
A recently released survey from priceline.com gathered the 50 most popular destinations for July 4th weekend. One big surprise may be that several of the top spots are across the border in Canada!
Beaches in America saw the second-highest number of closing and advisory days in 2010, highest in more than two decades, as pollution continues to plague beach waters across the country, a report released on Wednesday said.
Priceline.com recently released its annual survey of the 50 most popular destinations for the upcoming Independence Day weekend in the United States, and one of the biggest surprises may be that many of the top spots aren't in the U.S. They're in Canada!
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: Best Buy, Micron Technology, Biogen Idec, Aetna, Discover Financial, Weatherford International, CVS, Country Style Cooking, Walgreen, Invesco Mortgage and Motorola Mobility Holdings.
What does the Anthony Weiner saga have to do with the travel industry? Not much at all, but one airline company is promoting a special Weiner Sale with fares starting at $9.00.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Wednesday are: Orbitz Worldwide, NetQin Mobile, Esterline Technologies, Regal Beloit, CRH. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Verso Paper Corp, Paragon Shipping, Massey Energy, Anadarko Petroleum and Alpha Natural Resources.
Peter Fonda has made some vague threats against US President Barack Obama.
