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.

On average, Britons are dying eight months too soon because of dirty air.

New Zealand's dairy farms are getting dirtier - not cleaner, according to new research released today.

Auckland is growing by 50 people a day - they need 21 homes and bring in 35 additional cars. Now, a report warns of the pressures on the new-look Super City.

One thousand tonnes of rank sea lettuce has been cleared from one of our most popular beaches this summer.

Authorities have urged people to avoid dirtying the Ganges - India's most sacred river, yet one of its most heavily polluted.

Some of New Zealand's beaches have unsafe levels of bacteria - and the contamination may be getting worse.