Federal TV channels were silent about the environmental disaster in Tuapse. Russians were not told about the leakage of oil ...

The Russian dictator continues to hold meetings and participate in events, but does not publicly address this topic.

The new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce ...

Floods, tornadoes, terrorist attacks—emergency responders navigate myriad disasters with increasing reliance on technology. Rochester Institute of Technology is educating the next generation of ...

When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers found that bananas, cassava, and cocoa grown near the 2015 Fundão dam collapse site contain elevated levels of toxic ...

A Russian tanker wrecked in an alleged Ukrainian attack is floating in the Mediterranean and could cause an 'unprecedented environmental disaster'. With no crew on board and a gaping hole in one side, ...

Bitcoin's energy appetite has long worried climate scientists, but the latest wave of research and criticism has turned that concern into a full‑blown political fight. As new data links mining to air ...

At 1:56 p.m. Feb. 25, firefighters were dispatched to a fire at J&K Salvage yard. It wasn't that unusual. Over the years, fire officials have said, firefighters have been summoned to extinguish fires ...

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 ...