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Oil Spill

Mystery tar balls found on Jersey Shore beaches

  • Nov 29, 2023

About 700 gallons of diesel spill at Manhattan construction site

  • Dec 28, 2022
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Major oil spill off California coast closes beaches; airshow canceled

  • Oct 4, 2021

Cleanup continues after oil spill in New York harbor

  • Jul 26, 2021

Oil spill spotted along stretch of NJ river

  • May 25, 2021

Earth Day 2021: Facts, history about first Earth Day

  • Apr 22, 2021

10 years after deadly BP oil spill, companies drill deeper

  • Apr 20, 2020

Overturned truck leaks diesel fuel on Staten Island Expressway

  • Mar 2, 2020

Latest Videos

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Mystery tar balls wash up on Jersey Shore

  • Nov 29, 2023
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Tar balls found on Jersey Shore beaches

  • Nov 29, 2023
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About 700 gallons of diesel spill at Manhattan construction site

  • Dec 28, 2022
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Keystone pipeline suffers largest oil spill in Kansas to date

  • Dec 10, 2022
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Some oil from California spill breaks up in ocean currents

  • Oct 6, 2021
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Cleanup continues from Con Ed spill off New Rochelle

  • Jul 26, 2021
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Cleanup continues after oil spill in waters of New Rochelle harbor

  • Jul 25, 2021
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Cleanup continues after oil spill in New York harbor

  • Jul 25, 2021

Latest Stories

Crews plan to remove oil from leaking WWII tanker torpedoed off coast of Long Island 77 years ago

The U.S. Coast Guard on Long Island is working to figure out how to stop a World War II oil tanker, which was torpedoed off the coast of Long Island 77 years ago, from leaking oil into the water.

  • May 9, 2019
Jeremy Thornton

Discovery of 'tar balls' on Long Island beach prompts investigation

A troubling discovery off the coast of Long Island has sparked an investigation into what appears to be balls of tar washing on up Lido Beach.

  • Jan 17, 2019

Spill sends oil gushing into Hudson River; cause unclear

It is still unclear what caused the spill that sent oil gushing into the Hudson River.

  • Jan 27, 2018

Con Edison working to contain oil spill in East River caused by Brooklyn transformer failure

Officials say that dielectric fluid spilled into the river on Sunday afternoon after a transformer failed at a Con Edison substation in the Farragut section of Brooklyn.

  • May 10, 2017

Punctured tank leaves Linden backyard covered in oily mess

A construction accident at a home being demolished is being blamed for the oil spill into an adjacent yard on East Price Street in Linden.

  • Apr 27, 2017