oil spill

Authorities believe Thursday's oil spill in New Bedford harbor began north of the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge, but that's all they know about the spill's origin. The fuel spill was discovered around 7:30am Thursday. The Coast Guard and Fire Department responded quickly, placing booms and absorbent pads in the water...

There was an oil spill reported this morning around 8 am near Pier 3 in New Bedford's inner harbor.

New Bedford Police and cleanup crews were called to the North End Wednesday afternoon to a report of an oil spill on the road. According to police, the 50-gallon drum of home heating oil spilled in the back of an oil burner service box truck, and leaked out onto Belleville Ave between Coffin Ave and Collette Street...

Oil giant BP is being hit with massive penalties from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The company will pay out four-billion-dollars and plead guilty to felony misconduct charges. Eleven workers died in the disaster which also saw nearly five-million barrels of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of nearly three months...