Trillions of gallons of toxic wastewater quietly move through the American oil industry each year, a hidden flood that rivals the nation’s freshwater use. Known as produced water, this byproduct of oil and gas extraction carries a mix of salts,

Snuneymuxw First Nation is calling on other levels of government to act to protect its waters following an oil spill and long-standing discharge of "toxic sawmill effluent" at Duke Point near Nanaimo.

LENOX — Firefighters on Friday quickly put out a fire in a Lenox home garage. However, the response prompted a hazardous waste cleanup. That's because water from firehoses mixed with waste oil and streamed down the road. The Lenox Fire Department ...

A pair of Macomb County businessmen paid for cleanup operations to resolve criminal charges filed after a closed industrial shop they owned in Warren had a leak that resulted in the Bear Creek Drain turning a bright blue color last year, officials said Monday.

There were over 38,000 oil and gas spills in New Mexico last year. That’s according to a report released yesterday at the Legislature by environmental advocacy group WildEarth Guardians along with over 20 other organizations.