About This Year''s Report. The 2016 World''s Worst Pollution Problems report is the 11th in an annual series published by Green Cross Switzerland and Pure Earth.
WOA!! World Overpopulation Awareness is a nonprofit web publication seeking to inform people about overpopulation, unsustainability, and overconsumption; the ...
Monday, UN spokesman briefs press at Headquarters. Tuesday in Geneva, senior UN aid official briefs on Iraq. Wednesday, UN marks Day of World''s Indigenous ...
In this article we will take you to some gigantic manmade holes: open pit mines. We''ll show you the biggest, deepest and deadliest mines in the world.
A history of finance in five crises, from 1792 to 1929. What can we learn from previous financial crises, and what can be done to prevent the next one? With ...
To see these effects of human''s eco blunders first hand we present to you our 25 biggest environmental disasters in history
Whether sparked by Mother Nature or by the carelessness of man, these fires have ripped across the Earth with alarming ferocity and deadly consequences.
In West ia''s Marion County, an explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Company in Monong kills 361 coal miners. It was the worst mining ...
Resources for students and teachers of geography. Discover the world with articles, fact sheets, maps and more that explore landscapes, peoples, places, and ...
Greenpeace will never stop fighting for a greener, healthier world for our oceans, forests, food, climate, and democracy—no matter what forces stand in our way.
A short history of coal mining in Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne from Medieval times to the 1990s
Coal remains one of the most vital sources of energy the world over, but mining the stuff continues to be an ugly, incredibly dangerous business.
Mining the Mountains Explosives and machines are destroying Appalachian peaks to obtain coal. In a West ia town, residents and the industry fight over a ...
Top 10 worst toxic pollution problems: Every day synthetic, toxic chemicals are released into the environment. It affects our water, land and air. Water is our most ...
Other toxic compounds are used and generated in the mining process as well. Mining exposes previously buried metal sulfides to atmospheric oxygen causing their ...
The ten largest gold producing countries accounted for about 65% of global gold output in 2012. China and Ghana witnessed double digit growth in gold production, with ...
Explosions, strikes and collapses have caused some of the worst mining tragedies in recent years. From Pike River to Marikana, lists the ...
In a world seemingly intent on destroying itself, the humble capybara is a wholesome good. The oversized friendship guinea pig is a reminder of what humanity could ...
Down To Earth brings to you latest news, opinion and blogs on environment and science from India and south Asia. Follow us for information on water, waste, climate ...
Chernobyl accident information. The Chernobyl RBMK reactor design faults and how they were addressed. The Chernobyl New Safe Confinement. Lessons learnt from the ...
A massive mine explosion leaves nearly 100 dead in Krebs, Okloma, on this day in 1892. The disaster, the worst mining catastrophe in Okloma''s history, was ...
October 1957: The Windscale fire, the worst nuclear accident in Great Britain''s history, released substantial amounts of radioactive contamination into the ...
Top 10 of natural and anthropogenic environmental disasters
TIME and Space | By Jeffrey Kluger. Editors note:On Nov. 29, 2016, Google released a major update expanding the data from 2012 to 2016. Read about the update here.