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Scientists just gave remote-controlled cockroaches tiny underwater suits, and the insects kept walking for up to 3 hours because the oxygen trick could help search flooded disaster zones and maybe even extreme worlds like MarsSearch-and-rescue teams may soon deploy a new six-legged ally: a cyborg cockroach equipped with a wearable diving suit. This innovation all...
How a chemical tank disaster struck at the heart of a Washington state mill townA chemical tank collapsed at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, Washington. The incident killed eleven people. This disaster struck...
50,000 residents evacuated as Southern California officials trying to prevent explosion or leak from damaged chemical tankA chemical tank in Garden Grove, California, is overheating and venting vapors. This has led to the evacuation of 50,000 residents due to f...
What are the nuclear contamination risks from attacks on Iran?President Trump announced U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, including Fordow, joining earlier Israeli attacks. Experts sugges...
Liberian cargo ship sinks off Kerala coast, major oil leak triggers statewide alertA Liberian cargo ship, MSC ELSA 3, sank off the Kerala coast. The ship carried 640 containers, including hazardous materials. The Indian Co...
Mines uprooted in Ukraine dam disaster could pose danger for years to come, says Red CrossThe Red Cross has said that mines dispersed by the floodwaters from the breached Kakhovka dam could pose a danger to people for years to co...
No representative from US based Dow Chemical appeared before Bhopal court till date despite several summons: CentreDespite number of summons issued to them, no representative from Dow Chemical Company has appeared before the court till date, Mandaviya sa...
Indian Navy ship completes safety study near Colombo Port; submits report to Lankan authoritiesINS Sarvekshak, described as a state-of-the-art Hydrographic Survey Ship, was dispatched by the Indian Navy on June 23 upon a formal reques...
Over 200 rare marine animals died due to chemical leak from sunk ship, hears Lankan courtBriefing on the damage to aquatic life in the aftermath of 'X-Press Pearl' container ship sinking, the attorney general's office told the m...
Burnt-out container ship sinks in sea; Sri Lankan Navy bracing for possible oil spillWater submerged the MV X-Press Pearl's rear end a day after firefighters from Sri Lanka and India climbed onto the vessel and extinguished ...
Why Visakhapatnam gas leak should set off alarm bellsReport suggest the plant operated between 1997 -2019 without valid environment clearances.
Glitch in regfrigeration unit led to gas leak: OfficialAfter the leak, the gas spread to the surrounding villages of Venkatapuram, Padmanabhapuram, BC Colony and SC Colony, with Venkatapuram bei...
Would mindlessly building toilets lead to an environmental harakiri?Over four lakh individual household toilets have been constructed in urban India since SBM was launched.
Stratfor accused of spying for Dow on Bhopal activistsUS-based security think-tank Stratfor spied for the Dow Chemicals on the activists of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
- Congressman: too much dispersant used in oil spill
As BP inched closer to sealing the blown-out well in Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed the company and Coast Guard for par...
- ET Special: Bhopal after 25 years
ET travels to the Union Carbide site at Kali Parade, Berasia Road.
- Outrage over Bhopal disaster verdicts
Indian politicians, campaigners and newspapers vented outrage Tuesday at two-year prison terms handed to those found guilty over the 1984 B...
- Family tree of Bhopal gas disaster
The Bhopal gas disaster made headlines 25 years ago as the world’s largest chemical disaster killing 22,000, disabling another 1,50,000.
- India reverses decision to open Bhopal plant to public
Indian authorities in Bhopal, site of the world's worst industrial accident, have decided against opening up the factory at the centre of t...
- Government to set up panel for Bhopal survivors: minister
Government is to set up a panel to help victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, which killed more than 15,000 people, a minister said Thursday...