SAO PAULO (AP) — Police say they have asked prosecutors to file charges against the former head of Eletronuclear, the state-owned company that operates Brazil’s two nuclear power plants, for his alleged role in a bribery scandal.
MOSCOW (AP) — Emboldened by a deal with international creditors to write down part of its debt, Ukraine is asking Russia for lower gas prices for the winter season.
WASHINGTON (AP) — New federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands took effect on Friday — but only in some states.
Documents show it took more than 90 minutes for members of a federal cleanup crew to issue a warning about a toxic spill because they were initially trapped and scrambling to escape the flood they had …
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Despite prior warnings that dangerous levels of toxic water were building inside a Colorado mine, federal and state regulators mistakenly concluded the pressure was not high enough to cause an accident, an investigation released Wednesday found.
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency team working to address seepage at an abandoned Colorado gold mine underestimated water pressure at the site before triggering a blowout that sent toxic waste into rivers, according to an internal report released by the agency on Wednesday. The Aug. 5 blowout at the Gold King Mine located on a creek outside Silverton in southwest Colorado sent more than 3 million gallons (11,360 cubic meters)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An internal government investigation has found that federal and state regulators underestimated the potential for a blowout from a Colorado mine, documents released Wednesday show.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Internal investigation: EPA, Colorado underestimated blowout potential before toxic mine spill.
U.S. and Chinese officials are working on an agreement to advance “clean coal” technologies that purport to reduce the fuel’s contribution to climate change — and offer a potential lifeline for …
(Reuters) – A New Jersey judge on Tuesday approved Exxon Mobil Corp’s controversial $225 million settlement of a lawsuit over environmental damage from its refinery operations and service stations. Michael Hogan, a state Superior Court judge, called the accord a “reasonable compromise,” despite being far smaller than the $8.9 billion of damages that New Jersey initially estimated. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Andrew Hay)