Reuters - A U.S. congressional committee will probe the spill of more than 800,000 gallons (3 million liters) of oil from an Enbridge Inc pipeline in southern Michigan this week, a Michigan congressman said on Saturday.

AP - The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congr...

AP - Spike Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rejected 10 petitions challenging its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, declaring that human activities are warming the planet and that, despite rising criticism from skeptics, “climate...

The reopening of a broad swath of Louisiana waters this week to fishing and shrimping won't salvage the livelihoods of many Gulf of Mexico fishermen this season after the devastating effects of the catastrophic BP oil spill. The lifting of...

by Randy Rieland. There’s an oil spill in Michigan and the energy bill’s now a little slip of a thing , but a lot of other stuff happened this week that didn’t grab big headlines. Here are 10 stories from the greenosphere that you might have missed:...

Eco Factor: Concept car powered by an electric engine. The Enyoii electric concept car is the brainchild of designer Gerardo Delgado Martinez and has been conceptualized for young people, who love to drive and enjoy the elements of nature along the ...

For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… Those who live in Louisiana all their lives develop an understanding of disaster. W...

Louisiana fisheries officials reopened wide swaths of state coastal waters to commercial fishing late Thursday, permitting fishermen to catch finfish and shrimp off most of the eastern and southwestern coasts. Commercial harvests of crabs and oysters...

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