The oil wells of Platform Holly, located two miles offshore Goleta, have been successfully plugged and abandoned. Coincidentally, I have observed a dramatic reduction in the amount of tar in the water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tar balls, sticky, dark clumps have been appearing along the beaches in Florida, staining sand and skin, and even causing Fort ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Volunteers scoured the shoreline along Long Beach and Belmont Shore to clean up tar balls as a four-mile stretch of the coast remains closed Thursday. After the tar balls began ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla.-- Authorities are warning some Florida beach visitors to beware of tar on Brevard County beaches after an offshore petroleum spill. The petroleum spilled off Satellite Beach a few ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A four-mile stretch of Long Beach coastline reopened Friday morning after crews cleaned tar balls that washed up on shore. The coastline between 1st and 72nd places were ...

The origin is unclear of the tar balls spotted this weekend along Palm Beach's coastline. This is the first time tar balls washed up on Palm Beach's shore in years, the town's chief lifeguard said.

The volunteers stood several feet apart, like a police line on the sand. Members of the Community Emergency Response Team, they were armed Thursday morning in green vests, green helmets and goggles ...

Tar balls are small clumps of oil that appear on beaches, often remnants of oil spills or natural oil seeps. Exposure to tar balls can cause skin irritation or allergic reactions in some individuals ...