Many popular swimming spots contain high levels of bacteria that cause diarrhoea or infection, a new report shows.

In a bid to combat rampant obesity levels, law-makers in the US city of Baldwin Park have imposed a moratorium on new fast-food outlets.

BP is considering two ideas raised by Kiwis on how to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, one of the biggest ecological disasters in history.

Australian cities have been given an environmental thumbs-down in a new assessment of their green qualities.

Kabul/Houston - British Prime Minister David Cameron offered on Thursday to help deal with BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying he would take it up with US President Barack Obama, as the beleaguered company's shares rebounded from 14-year lows.

Activists are angry an Indian court handed down jail terms of just two years to former Bhopal pesticide plant officials.

Oil giant ExxonMobil says new rules to curb drilling should be held off until the lessons from the Gulf of Mexico disaster are fully understood.

The operator of the Tui oil field is confident that its equipment and processes could cope with an emergency despite lacking a remote failsafe switch.

Lawsuits, fines, cleanup and reputation-repair from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are likely to cost company BP billions.

Receivers say the Crafar farms were "in dire straits" when they stepped in last year.