Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were confirmed Monday as the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states. BP says the tar ...

GALVESTON — About a dozen tar balls that washed ashore on Crystal Beach were identified Monday as oil from the BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the first evidence that oil from the spill has ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Coast Guard announced Wednesday morning that the blobs of tar that ...

Nearly two days after 20 tar balls were discovered floating in the waters off Key West prompting fears that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have already made its way to South Florida, Coast Guard ...

NEW ORLEANS – An oil spill that was previously a problem for coastal Louisiana was trickling deeper inland Tuesday and toward the shores of New Orleans. Oil sheen and tar balls from the Deepwater ...

An AVIRIS-NG visible-light aerial view of the Refugio Incident oil spill on the water and nearby Santa Barbara Channel beaches in Southern California. Spotting dark, gooey and flammable tar on the ...

Gooey tar blobs are washing ashore on the white sands of the Florida Panhandle and nearby Alabama beaches Friday, as a slick from the BP spill drifts closer. Escambia County officials in Pensacola ...

In the average car, friction occurs between the moving parts of the engine and within the gearbox. This wastes about 15% of the fuel used by the vehicle, amounting to millions of tons of fossil fuel ...