All Passengers Killed In Russia Plane Crash, Cause Under Investigation - Crash Video Video posted to YouTube by Roman Uriev purportedly showed the plane crashing. https://youtu.be/0Yl3DpfYlOw A Dubai airliner with 62 people on board nosedived and exploded in a giant…
Explosion At Sinopec Oil Storage Site In Gabon Kills One, Injures Six One person was killed and six wounded in an explosion on March 12 at an oil site in southwest Gabon run by a subsidiary of Chinese energy giant…
USA - Lightning Strike Ignites Fuel Tanks Several crude tanks caught fire on Saturday after a lightning bolt struck a field near Houston. According to Click2Houston, the blaze started around 1:00 a.m. on Saturday when a lightning bolt struck a grassy field…
USA - Gas Pipeline Explosions Bring New Federal Safety Proposal U.S. officials moved Thursday to strengthen safety rules for the nation’s 300,000-mile network of natural gas transmission pipelines in a belated response to numerous fiery accidents, including a 2010 California…
USA - Carson Oil Refinery Says Fire Extinguished, No One Hurt CARSON, Calif. (AP) — A fire that broke out at a Southern California oil refinery was quickly extinguished Monday with no reported injuries and no disruption in production expected,…
Russia mine blasts kill 36 people Fourth powerful explosion hits mine, fire continues A SERIES of explosions at the Severnaya coal mine in Vorkuta, northern Russia, has killed 36 people, both miners and rescuers, with a fourth explosion happening late…
Bird poop apparently caused NY nuclear reactor outage ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bird poop was the likely cause of a December shutdown at a nuclear power plant outside New York City, according to the operator. An Indian Point reactor safely…
BRAZIL MINE DISASTER COMPANY SETTLES FOR $6.1 BILLION Brasmlia—The owners of an iron ore mine in Brazil where a burst dam spewed a toxic flood, flattening a village and killing 19 people, settled with the government Wednesday for $6.1 billion.…
Russian Coal Mine to Extinguish Fire, Clear Rocks With Flooding A coal company in Russia's far northern Komi region was scheduled to begin pumping water early Friday into a mine where a recent series of explosions had killed 36 people,…
The Obama administration last week proposed an overhaul of safety procedures at the nation's chemical plants. The Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Management Program, in part, requires chemical facilities to establish risk management plans for hazardous materials. The newly issued EPA proposal…
