A Union Pacific cargo train carrying mixed commodities has derailed in Minnesota, leaving dozens of cars piled up on top of one another – some leaking hydrochloric acid – with a hazardous materials team responding to the incident.

The train derailed about 1:30pm Saturday near Goose Lake in Albert Lea, Minnesota, located 100 miles south of the…

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The Japanese are now in a dilemma, do they eat it first or kill it with their nuclear water dumped from Fukushima!

Two symbiotic marine lifeforms who somehow evaded the prying eyes of human scientists and ‘disappeared’ from the fossil record over a quarter of a billion years ago have been found thriving offshore of Japan.

The creatures in…

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has hit out at Tokyo once again as Japan refuses to respond to international criticism over its plans to dump supposedly treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima plant into the sea.

Speaking on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin reiterated China’s position that the discharge of nuclear wastewater into…

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The climate change movement has long warned that, as global temperatures rise, we run the risk of releasing vast reserves of trapped methane into the atmosphere and bringing about the end of days. New research says: probably not.

Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York studied methane emissions from a period in Earth’s history…

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Contaminated wastewater at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant will be released into the ocean “in around two years,” the Japanese government has announced, despite calls from China and South Korea urging against the move.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the move in Tokyo, on Tuesday morning local time. He had previously called the…

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The government of Caribbean island of St. Vincent has ordered a mass evacuation of the area close to an active volcano, with seismologists saying that an explosive eruption could start “with very little warning.”

Some 16,000 people living in the vicinity of the La Soufriere volcano in the so-called “red zone” will be evacuated, either to safer…

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Some 130 residents were evacuated from a Texas apartment complex which later collapsed due to a massive blaze. Responding fire crews were met by frozen fire hydrants which greatly hampered their efforts.

Firefighters with the San Antonio Fire Department and various volunteer crews battled the blaze amid water shortages, pressure issues and…

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Water levels along the Mekong River have fallen ‘considerably’ since the start of the year, decreasing to “worryingly” low levels, after China reduced outflow from the Jinghong Dam, the river’s governing body said.

On Friday, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat reported that the level of the water between the dam’s hydropower station…

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La Niña is a complex weather pattern that occurs every few years, as a result of variations in ocean temperatures in the equatorial band of the Pacific Ocean. The phenomenon occurs as strong winds blow warm water at the ocean’s surface away from South America, across the Pacific Ocean towards Indonesia.

As this warm water moves west, cold water…

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A new study has reinforced the link between the increased risk of irreversible sight loss and prolonged exposure to certain kinds of air pollution, in worrying news for heavily industrialized nations around the world.

The research, published Tuesday in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, used data from more than 115,000 participants who…

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One person is dead after a tornado tore through an Alabama city north of Birmingham Monday night, leaving the area with crumpled buildings and downed trees. Fultondale Police Chief D.P. Smith said a young man trapped in the basement of his home was pronounced dead at the scene around 3 a.m. Tuesday, AL.com reported.

Smith said a tree fell onto…

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Clashes broke out between farmers and police in the heart of India’s capital as a wave of protesters entered the city on tractors and on foot in a fresh challenge to the country’s leadership.

The unprecedented rally was meant as a show of strength by the protesting farmers, who have already spent 2 months camped out on the borders of the city…

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East Anglia’s sugar beet growers have been granted an emergency authorisation for the “limited and controlled” use of a banned pesticide to save disease-ravaged crops.

Following severe crop damage from virus yellows disease, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) submitted an application for the temporary use of neonicotinoids – seed treatments…

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The bird charity RSPB has criticised a government decision to permit an offshore wind farm expected to harm birds feeding in the North Sea.

The giant Hornsea Three development lies 75 miles away from Flamborough Head, England’s biggest sea bird colony on the Yorkshire coast.

The RSPB says kittiwakes will need to fly through the area, dodging…

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A young Russian has frozen to death in his car in the notoriously cold Yakutia region, after getting lost while driving in extreme temperatures.

Following a week-long search, the 18-year-old was found dead. Incredibly, his friend and companion survived. According to the region’s investigative committee, the temperature in this area at night is…

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Some 21 people are missing and hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes after a landslide ripped through a Norwegian village on Wednesday morning while people were still asleep, according to local media.

The landslide struck at around 4am local time on Wednesday, engulfing multiple houses with people inside and creating a…

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Storm Bella will bring severe gales and heavy rain to the UK and Ireland on Boxing Day, forecasters have warned.

Winds of up to 70mph are expected in exposed coastal locations of the UK and further downpours are also due, with the Met Office adding 15-25mm is likely to fall in Wales and south-west England, and up to 40-60mm over some hills.

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The recent volcanic activity at Italy’s Mount Etna intensified overnight, as a large stream of lava spewed out westward from Europe’s largest and most active volcano, putting local residents on edge as 2020 draws to a close.

The eruption at the 3,329-meter (10,922-foot) volcano’s southeast crater reignited, resulting in yet another…

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The Japanese government is planning to release more than one million tons of contaminated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, angering fishermen, local media have reported.

Japan has debated what to do with the rapidly increasing store of radioactive wastewater for years, and now the decision to release…

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Against all odds, low-lying reef islands actually appear to be growing in some parts of the world, despite rising sea levels, increasing their footprint and defying doomsday predictions.

Geomorphologist Murray Ford from the University of Auckland in New Zealand led a team of researchers who examined Jeh Island, one of the 56 islands that make…

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Geologists now fear that an archipelago of volcanic islands off Alaska may, in fact, be one giant undiscovered supervolcano similar to Yellowstone, with potentially dramatic and global consequences should it erupt.

Diana Roman of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC and her colleagues are due to present their research at…

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Thousands of Southern California residents remain in the dark Friday after Edison International switched off the power on Thanksgiving Day to reduce the risk of wildfire.

Almost 9,000 customers north and east of Los Angeles were without power as of 5:20 a.m. local time, and with strong winds continuing to buffet the region, the utility…

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Indonesia’s Mount Ili Lewotolok has erupted, belching a column of smoke and ash 4km (2.5 miles) into the sky, triggering a flight warning and the closure of the local airport.

There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption on Sunday in a remote part of the Southeast Asian archipelago.

Indonesia has nearly 130 active volcanoes, more…

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At least three people have died and two more are missing as the Italian island of Sardinia has been battered by storms for two days in a row. The extreme weather has caused flooding and landslides in several areas.

Shocking footage has been posted by residents of the town of Bitti located in Sardinia’s Nuoro province. Roaring floods of mud and…

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Evacuations under way in Guatemala and Honduras as 30th named storm of Atlantic hurricane season set to make landfall on Monday.

Hurricane Iota is rapidly gathering strength as it barrels towards Central America, threatening to bring “life-threatening” storm surges and “catastrophic” winds to a region still recovering from the devastation of…

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Guatemala has ended rescue operations at the site of a huge landslide believed to have killed dozens of people in Queja village during Tropical Storm Eta last week, the country’s National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) agency has said.

Storm Eta’s torrential downpours toppled trees, engorged swift-moving rivers, and ripped down…

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Saudi has this big bold plan that is based on income from oil revenues, yet they introduced a collapse in the price with the knock on effect of lower revenues for the fulfilment of the 2030 plan.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have announced stringent measures to combat environmental vandalism, with fines of up to 30 million riyals (nearly $8 million) and 10 years in jail, a report by The New Arab website said on Wednesday.

“Cutting down trees, shrubs, herbs, or plans [and] uprooting, moving, stripping them of their bark, leaves or any part,…

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Typhoon Vamco is the sixth storm in just five weeks to strike the Philippines adding more pain to the devastated communities.

Torrential rain from Typhoon Vamco deluged provinces on the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Thursday, killing at least one person, paralysing parts of Manila and bringing more misery to communities still trying to…

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Each year, more than 6,500 cases of bladder cancer, roughly five percent of all cases in Europe, are found to be attributable to exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water – and it’s all perfectly legal.

In a EU study of countries’ water quality, except for Bulgaria and Romania, study covered 75% of the total EU population, and a…

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American drinking water is far more contaminated than previously estimated — by carcinogenic ‘forever chemicals’ that linger in the blood and cause a range of health problems.

A major report has been published by an environmental watchdog agency about the state of the drinking supply in the US. The findings from the Environmental Working…

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Twenty two people were killed and more than 800 injured in the Turkish city of Izmir after a powerful earthquake rocked its Aegean coast. Images coming from the city show significant damage, suggesting the death toll may rise.

According to the latest data, 20 people were killed in Izmir alone and as many as 800 were wounded in the quake.

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The Islamic State has called on its members to start targeting Saudi Arabia oil infrastructure as punishment for the Kingdom warming up to Israel, potentially causing a catastrophic environmental disaster.

“Targets are plenty…Start by hitting and destroying oil pipelines, factories, and facilities which are the source (of income) of the tyrant…

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Scientists are warning that the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador is showing early signs of impending catastrophic collapse, after satellite data showed substantial internal damage from ongoing magma activity.

Tungurahua, has been persistently active since 1999 so wear and tear was inevitable, especially given that the ‘Throat of fire,’ or…

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Ripping tarps off damaged roofs and scattering massive piles of storm debris in the wind and water, Hurricane Delta inflicted fresh damage in Louisiana along the same path of destruction Hurricane Laura carved just six weeks earlier.

Delta hit as a Category 2 hurricane with top winds of 100 mph (155 kph) before rapidly weakening over land…

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Delta is the ninth hurricane in the Atlantic so far this season, tying for the most in a single season. In only three other years in recorded history 1995, 2004 and 2005. Have we had this many hurricanes this early in the season.

If Delta makes landfall in the U.S., it would be the 10th named storm to make landfall in one season, which has…

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Offshore oil and gas operators are evacuating platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico due to the category 4 Hurricane Delta, according to the Bureau of Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

Based on data from 45 offshore operator reports, personnel have been evacuated from 272 production platforms, 42.3% of the 643 manned platforms in the Gulf…

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According to a June 2020, report released in Bloomberg Law, “businesses across the U.S. have begun intensive COVID-19 disinfection regimes [that may be] exposing workers and consumers to chemicals that are largely untested for human health.”

When the seriousness of the pandemic reached U.S. shores earlier this year, it caused building managers…

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A new fire broke out on a supertanker carrying about two million barrels of oil in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka’s eastern coast as Russian and Indian warships joined the battle to put out the blaze.

The New Diamond, travelling from Kuwait to the Indian port of Paradip with a cargo of 270,000 tonnes of crude and 1,700 tonnes of diesel, issued…

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The MV Wakashio split on Saturday after weeks grounded in waters off Mauritius.

A massive clean-up operation involving thousands of local volunteers had been underway but a crack in the vessels hull expanded earlier this week, according to the ship’s operator Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, a Japanese company.

One of the ship’s three oil tanks had…

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The MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship loaded with about 4,000 tons of fuel oil, ran aground off the coast of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, on July 25. After sitting on a reef for days, battered by waves while awaiting salvage workers, the vessel has leaked an increasing amount of oil near a marine park and populated beaches.Mauritius has… Read more

According to the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S, manufacturers in the U.S. alone generate 7.6 billion tons of waste every year.

Sustainability has become a buzzword in almost every industry, but it doesn’t have to be that way. While developing environmental systems to manage the wide range and high volume of waste materials can be…

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