Public review runs through Oct. 14 on changes to regional response guide ...

According to Defenders of Wildlife, a US NGO, an oil spill in Alaska's North Slope could be the largest crude oil spill since drilling began in the area 30 years ago – second in Alaska only to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cook Inlet near Clam Gulch is seen on Oct. 23, 2025. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) State and industry officials and the ...

A shipping accident in Norway has resulted in a large oil spill, once again heightening awareness around the globe about the need for shipping safety and prevention of oil spills that threaten marine ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - There is evidence of a diesel spill after Doyon 26, the largest mobile oil rig in North America, toppled over on Friday, according to the Alaska Department of Environmental ...

The state and federal governments each are suing BP Alaska seeking potentially huge fines and other collections against the company in connection with disastrous oil spills in the Prudhoe Bay oil ...

More than one million liters of oil from an Alaskan pipeline has leaked onto the tundra of Alaska’s north coast, near the Beaufort Sea. The spill was caused by a tiny hole in a corroded pipe. It went ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP has agreed to pay a $25 million (15 million pounds) civil penalty, as well as spend $60 million on enhanced safety measures, to settle a federal probe of a pipeline oil spill ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska, a significant contributor of oil spill-fighting gear to the U.S. Gulf cleanup, could be left vulnerable to its own environmental crisis if it ships away much more ...

Anchorage-based BP Exploration Alaska Inc., a subsidiary of BP PLC, is the owner of the well in the Prudhoe Bay oil field. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) says employees ...

What might have been the longest federal probation hearing in history wrapped up today in a federal courthouse in Anchorage. At issue during the weeklong hearing in front of U.S. District Court Judge ...