Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region's ecosystem can be ...

Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up ...

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran ...

Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong ...

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations due to the recent oil spill. Local ...

Pet owners have been warned to keep their dogs on leads after pollution hit Aberafan Beach, in Port Talbot, Wales.

Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for ...

Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Russia has sent clean-up crews to some of the affected areas, ...

In the Black Sea, Russia is dealing with what experts in and outside Russia say might be the worst environmental disaster the country has seen this century. Thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil leaked ...