Remembering the lives lost in the Sago Mine Disaster 20 years later

It has been 20 years since 13 miners were trapped in the Sago Mine in Upshur County. Of those miners, 12 died in the tragedy. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion rocked ...

Looking back at the Sago Mine Disaster 20 years later

Friday marked 20 years to the day of the Sago Mine Disaster, an explosion that occurred in Upshur County on Jan. 2, 2006, trapping 13 miners underground.

FEMA aid for Stony Brook dam repairs unlikely, officials say, as they consider what's next

Stony Brook-area officials say likely denial of FEMA aid for dam reconstruction after the 2024 storm has them weighing what's ...
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From dam safety to disaster response: Tulsa District’s projects protect communities across the United States

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email TULSA, Okla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District managed a variety of projects throughout fiscal year ...
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UK Court Finds BHP Liable for Brazil’s Worst Environmental Disaster

A UK judge ruled that BHP is strictly and fault-based liable under Brazilian law for the 2015 Fundão dam collapse that killed 19 people and devastated communities. The court allowed over 700,000 ...
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Judge finds BHP Group liable in dam collapse that led to Brazil's worst environmental disaster

LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...
Wall Street Journal

BHP Liable for Deadly Brazilian Dam Disaster, Court Rules

BHP Group BHP0.38%increase; green up pointing triangle is liable for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil in 2015, London’s High Court ruled Friday, potentially exposing the mining company to billions of ...
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A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming. The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an ...
The Conversation

When the dam broke: the 1925 disaster that reshaped a Welsh community and a country’s safety laws

Lynda Yorke receives funding from NERC, British Council and Learned Society of Wales. Giuseppe Forino has received funding from NERC, British Council and Learned Society of Wales. University of ...
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Dam disasters of the 1920s made reservoirs safer – now the climate crisis is increasing risk again

Jamie Woodward has received funding from research councils in the UK and Australia. Jeff Warburton has received funding from UK research councils. Stephen Tooth has received research funding from ...
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Sanford Dam reaching final stages of construction

SANFORD, Mich. (WNEM) – Dam disaster recovery is reaching the final stages in Sanford. More than five years after the catastrophic flood, crews are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Brad ...