Bacteria more effective on oil spills without dispersants, study finds EDINBURGH, UK – Heriot-Watt University claims to have cracked the genetic code of the marine bacteria that helped “eat” the oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon. Dr. Tony Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Microbiology at…
Chemical tanker explodes in Nanjing, two missing A chemical tanker exploded at the anchorage area near a petrochemical terminal operated by Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical in Nanjing yesterday. According to local media reporting, the explosion happened during maintenance work on chemical…
Six miners trapped in a coal mine after a blast in south-west China's Yunnan province were confirmed dead on Wednesday. The explosion in Shaba Coal Mine occurred Wednesday morning in Yanjin County, local officials said, according to the official Xinhua…
Brazil wants US$43.5bn for Samarco spill BRAZILIAN prosecutors have launched a civil action against Samarco and its owners Vale and BHP Billiton, seeking R$155bn (US$43.5bn) to repair damage caused by the collapse of two tailings dams in 2015. The iron…
73 killed when bus, fuel tanker crash in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 73 people were killed and 52 others injured in Afghanistan when two passenger buses caught fire after one collided with a fuel tanker, health officials say. The…
China's mines have long been the world's deadliest, but safety improvements have reduced the number of deaths in recent years BEIJING—A coal mine flooded in northern China on April 25, leaving 11 miners missing, state media reported. The accident happened…
Some 21 Adani Power workers sustained burn injuries after a boiler pipe burst at the thermal power plant at Mundra in the Kutch district of Gujarat on April 20. 13 workers suffered serious injuries, out of which at least eight…
Fire Fighter Killed In China’s Chemical Warehouse Fire BEIJING: A fire fighter was killed in the major fire at a warehouse storing chemicals and fuel which was doused after overnight work by more than 1,000 fire fighters in China’s eastern…
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A biofuel manufacturing plant caught fire in southern India, triggering explosions in biodiesel tanks and forcing around 150 workers to flee the facility, officials said Wednesday. As flames rose and a giant column of black smoke…
Authorities in the Italian port of Genoa declared a state of emergency on April 23 after hundreds of tonnes of oil from a refinery spilled into the Mediterranean. This came after a river barrier erected to contain the spillage from…
