Oil slick moving closer, authorities on alert (updated)
Authorities in Cyprus are on alert as an oil slick is heading towards the island’s northeast coast from Syria, threatening environmental disaster. The slick is...
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Oil slick from Syria poised to reach Cyprus within hours (Update 3)
Authorities have for the past few days been monitoring an oil slick apparently making its way toward the island’s east coast, and stand ready to...
Bulgarian investigative journalist killed, authorities say
A Bulgarian journalist who reported on an investigation into alleged corruption involving European Union funds has been murdered in the Danube town of Ruse, authorities...
Nebraska to decide fate of controversial Keystone XL pipeline
Nebraska regulators will announce their decision on Monday on whether to approve TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline route through the state, the last big hurdle...
Oil spills into North Sea at Statfjord field – Statoil
Oil spilled into the North Sea during the loading of a tanker at Norway’s Statfjord field on Thursday, operator Statoil said. The leak occurred at...
Ruptured pipeline spills 21,000 gallons of oil on California coast
A pipeline ruptured along the scenic California coastline on Tuesday, spilling some 21,000 gallons (79,000 liters) of oil into the ocean and on beaches before...
Oil spills into Black Sea near Russian port after pipeline leak
By Maxim Nazarov and Gleb Gorodyankin A leak on a major Russian oil pipeline caused a spill in the Black Sea near the port of...
Clean-up of Israeli desert oil spill could take years
By Ari Rabinovitch Ecologists said on Wednesday it could take years to clean up a massive oil spill that flooded an Israeli nature reserve with...
Pipeline break spills crude oil into LA neighbourhood (Updated 2)
By Arpan Varghese Thousands of gallons of crude oil spilled over a half-mile area in Los Angeles on Thursday due to a break in an above-ground Plains West...
Sinopec oil pipeline blast kills 35 in eastern China
By Chen Aizhu An explosion in a Sinopec Corp oil pipeline killed 35 people in Qingdao in eastern China on Friday, causing a blaze that...
Our seas are clean, ministry insists
THE AGRICULTURE ministry has strongly denied claims made by the Turkish Cypriot doctors union on Tuesday that the oil spill which occurred last month off...
Worst of oil spill could have been avoided
By Peter Stevenson THE EFFECTS of the oil spill in the sea off the Karpas peninsula last month could have been limited had the Turkish...
Beaches clear of oil remnants
Remnants from the oil-spill in the sea off the coast of Karpas in the north have been completely removed from Famagusta beaches according to...
Remnants from north oil spill ‘being dealt with swiftly’
OIL FROM the spill in the north, which had drifted south, is dispersing and the situation is under control with crews at the ready...
Oil residue hits beaches
SMALL amounts of oil residue which were spotted off the coast of Protaras on Friday made it to beaches overnight and were spotted staining parts...
North oil spill reaches Famagusta waters (UPDATED)
By Peter Stevenson AUTHORITIES were put on alert yesterday after the oil-spill in the sea off the coast of the Karpas in the north reached...
North oil spill reaches Famagusta waters
AUTHORITIES were put on alert on Friday after the oil-spill in the sea off the coast of the Karpas in the north reached government-controlled waters....
Oil spill fine
AKSA energy have been fined around €68,000 (169,800 Turkish Lira) by the environmental protection office in the north for polluting the sea and beaches in...
DISY asks Commission to help with oil spill
By Peter Stevenson RULING DISY has asked for help from the European Commission in order to deal with the oil spill off the coast of...
North spill will take months to clean
By Peter Stevenson THE OIL spill off the Karpas coast in the north Gastria will take months to clean-up and the effects on the environment...