Environment

US authorities enforce evacuations after train derails in Ohio
Derailment threatens release of toxic gas and explosion that could launch shrapnel in Ohio town, officials say.
Published On 6 Feb 2023
Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite pollution risk
Critics of Brazil’s planned sinking of the Sao Paulo described it as a ‘state-sponsored environmental crime’.
Published On 4 Feb 2023
Death toll rises as Chile reels from wildfires driven by heatwave
Climate change has fuelled the growth of explosive wildfires across the globe with rising temperatures and drought.
Published On 4 Feb 2023
‘No other place to go’: Migrants living in toxic dump in Chile
Chile’s Cerro Chuño neighbourhood has become notorious for environmental pollution and dangerous criminal activity.
Published On 2 Feb 2023

The claims say oil spills resulting from Shell’s operations in the Niger Delta have endangered the lives of residents.

After years of drought, winter rains have brought some respite to the famous UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The four want damages reflecting Holcim’s contribution to the climate change that has made their life increasingly hard.

Winter weather has resulted in at least two deaths in the state of Texas and more than 1,600 flight cancellations.

Authorities in US West are in talks to cut water use as Colorado River faces historically low levels amid drought.

People told to stay clear of the tiny capsule containing Caesium-137, which emits radiation equal to 10 X-rays per hour.

German minister says Brazil’s new government offers ‘great chance’ to protect rainforest after widespread destruction.

The last thylacine is thought to have died in the 1930s. Meet the scientists who want to bring it back.

Some of the world’s most acclaimed authors are secretly working on manuscripts to be read only by future generations.

At least 18 people, most of them children, die within 16 days as residents report foul smell from two factories.

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