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Texas found startling amounts of a cancer-causing chemical in the air outside Houston. Nobody told the residents.
Texas regulators documented startling amounts of benzene in Channelview, near Houston. Instead of s…
David Leffler,Savanna Strott,…
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California warehouse fire leached chemicals into a nearby channel, releasing a 'rotten egg' smell that some residents say is making them sick
Carson, California, smelled like rotten eggs for two months due to elevated hydrogen sulfide levels…
Aria Bendix
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Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.
Although the intense imagery suggests Ohio might have a mini Chernobyl on its hands, the scale of C…
Hannah Getahun
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The Vizag gas leak is the most recent of human disasters with the potential to change our lives forever
The gas leak disaster in Visakhapatnam today (May 7) has brought back disturbing memories of the Bh…
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Senate GOP populists push Republican colleagues to back railway regulations, arguing 'their voters' are the most affected by disasters
The train derailment in East Palestine is giving the Senate GOP's handful of self-styled populists …
Bryan Metzger
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Ted Cruz accused JD Vance of empowering 'the radical Green Movement' by aligning with Democrats on a bill to prevent rail disasters like the East Palestine crash
Vance's bill orders the Department of Transportation to require more rigorous safety inspections an…
Ethan Dodd
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An extra in a disaster movie about a toxic train derailment was evacuated in Ohio after the exact same thing happened in real life
Ben Ratner, who lives near East Palestine, Ohio, told People magazine that his life was eerily simi…
Tom Porter
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I'm an EPA worker who's responded to more than 100 toxic spills and chemical fires, and I'll never forget one that got my adrenaline going
Oil spills harm the environment. As an EPA employee, I explain the risks and issues caused by toxic…
Catherine Boudreau
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War in Ukraine and weather-related disasters have disrupted climate action. Here are 6 ways the private sector can mobilize sustainable transformation.
Global weather disasters and the war in Ukraine have disrupted climate action. Here are six ways co…
Bernhard Lorentz
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The carcasses of turtles, dolphins, and whales are washing up on Sri Lanka beaches after a cargo ship carrying toxins sank in the Indian Ocean
Marine species "never die in this way" around this period, said Sri Lanka's environment minister. T…
Matthew Loh
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Welcome to your new planet: There's no such thing as a local disaster
The effects of climate change are inescapable. Extreme weather no longer stays confined to one loca…
Aria Bendix
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An abandoned chemical plant in Russia could set off a Chernobyl-style environmental disaster. Take a look inside.
The accident wound up being one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, with environmental conseque…
Aria Bendix
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A shortage of plastics could force a 'fight for materials' among retailers, car makers, and more after Texas storm upends manufacturing: Report
Consumers can expect higher prices on everything from homes to smart devices and medical supplies, …
Natasha Dailey
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A juice-factory owner in Bangladesh was arrested and charged with murder after 52 workers, including children as young as 11, died in a fire
A factory owner and his four sons were arrested after a fire at the factory killed 52 people. An ex…
Matthew Loh
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The Beirut explosion created a huge mushroom cloud and visible blast wave, but nuclear-weapons experts say it wasn't an atomic bomb. Here's why.
Though the explosion that has killed dozens and injured thousands had some features of an atomic bl…
Dave Mosher
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Scientists just found the 'chemical fingerprint' of an alleged nuclear explosion that went undeclared in Russia
Radiation found by a group of scientists known as the "Ring of Five" has been shown to have come fr…
Aria Bendix
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In pics: National Disaster Response Force rescuing victims of gas leak at the LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam
LG Polymers in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizag reported a major gas leak at 2.30 am in the morning — affec…