The chemical spill following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has led to concerns about water, air and soil. The spill has drawn comparisons to other environmental disasters despite ...

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The climatic phenomenon is expected to return this year, but a lot has changed since what might have been the worst ...

World Environment Day sheds light on the stark environmental inequalities in South Africa, where the poorest communities bear ...

Following major disasters, reconstruction drives massive demand for cement, sand, timber, and steel, often equivalent to 10 ...

Environmental disasters affect both urban and rural communities, but rural communities tend to suffer more severely. In a study on a rural community in Odisha, India, a team of researchers examined ...

In 2015, the Fundão tailings dam, an embankment built to store byproducts of iron mining, collapsed in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The collapse caused what many call the "worst environmental disaster" in ...

The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and resulting oil spill ranks as one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Much has been learned to date about preventing, responding to, and ...

Mining giant BHP has lost its bid to appeal a High Court ruling that could hold it responsible for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil. This decision paves the way for a landmark trial in London, set to ...

Among the primary reasons for the workshop was not only to convey compassion for the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, but also to ensure their safety and well-being as they reinhabit ...