A fire in an air conditioning motor sent smoke into the sanctuary of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Davidson early Saturday. Davidson and Cornelius firefighters diagnosed the problem and ventilated the building. The call was...

In the south today, drills cranked up as Treaty Belize Energy resumed operations at its San Juan Three well. There are two areas of concern according to OCEANA; that the company is going against a court ruling in mid-April...

ECS researchers at Southampton University develop new tool to provide radiation monitoring in Japan http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/news/4237 17 May 13, People living in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear disaster can find out the...

The ramp connecting Route 3 northbound to the Lowell Connector will remain closed Sunday as crews continue to clean up 4,000 gallons of fuel that spilled into nearby wetlands on Friday when a tanker truck crashed and rolled...

The most commonly sold camouflage for civilians might be Real Tree or Mossy Oak, its primary purpose: blending in during a hunt (or just stylin’ at the mall). But when we think of camouflage for survival, our mindset must...

Fire Dog Lake: Freeport LNG, Texas Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Friday is the proverbial “take out the trash day” for the release of bad news among public relations practitioners and this Friday was no different. In that vein,...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Foxconn has come under fire repeatedly, fueled by several worker suicides and threats of suicides, as well as protests and its eventual installation of nets to catch employees who jump from the roof. Because...

If you are using any commercial toothpaste, you’re probably brushing your teeth with toxic waste – poisoning yourself, poisoning the environment, and telling that corporation from whom you bought the paste that you support them...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York ...

May 17, 2013 From the office of Senator Thad Cochran • The fuel storage provisions in WRDA will amend an EPA Spill Prevention, Control and Counter-measure (SPCC) rule by reducing the necessity for farms with above-ground oil...

Filed under: Career Former BP boss Tony Hayward has been handed the job of chairman at mining group Glencore Xstrata. Mr Hayward, who was ousted from the oil giant after the Gulf of Mexico spill, was appointed interim chairman...

Chemicals are a great need in various industries. Without these, there are products and services which will not be delivered to people. Transporting the chemicals can be quite difficult especially that it is prone to spilling....

Garvin Jabusch examines the potential risks of society's over reliance on fossil fuels. Securities of fossil fuels firms, as an economic sector, may soon be on the decline. Predictions as to when oil, gas and coal will become a...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a...

Anthony Bourdain and David Simon are blasting Bravo for taking beaucoup bucks from the 2010 BP oil spill settlement to film “Top Chef” in New Orleans. But the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corp. says the $175,000 it gave to...

Texas filed a lawsuit on Friday against BP America and other defendants seeking compensation for damage caused by the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill. The suit filed by the Texas Attorney General’s Office seeks...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge in an order Friday agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The judge...

Laura Fernandez processes oysters for freezing Friday at Motivatit Seafood in Houma. By Nikki Buskey Staff Writer Published: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 9:29 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 9:29 p.m. More than three...

DavidIcke.com: The Big Fix - BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Cover up ARE YOU READY TO THRIVE?!?! SYNOPSIS THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's REALLY going on in our world by following the money...

odinsblog : Rachel Maddow breaks it down so simply that an 8th grader could understand it: ExxonMobil is more profitable than Walmart, Google, McDonald’s, American Express and Goldman Sachs combined Exxon’s fine for the oil...

See on Scoop.it – Social Network for Logistics & Transport The accident happened around 4:30 a.m. Thursday on the ramp from Loop 410 to Interstate 37 South. See on www.woai.com Related Posts: Hazmat Spill Closes Downtown Street...

By Harry R. Weber | May 17, 2013 Transocean shareholders Friday ousted board chairman J. Michael Talbert and installed one of billionaire investor Carl Icahn 's nominees as a director, but they rejected Icahn's proposal for a...

GRANBURY, Texas -; In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday...

Last month, oil magnate Royal Dutch Shell had an industrial accident, which sent one to two million gallons of oil straight into the ocean off the coast of Nigeria. It was the worst spill in Nigeria in 13 years and the world...

It's time for everyone along the east coast to ready their Hurricane Preparedness Plan, and the law firm of Panter, Panter & Sampedro, P.A. have prepared some tips to help prevent unnecessary injuries and damage to property.

West Australian Friday 17th May, 2013 Walmart Q1 earnings edge up on global demand The Japan News.Net - Thursday 16th May, 2013 NEW YORK - Walmart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer,Thursday reported that its first...

The forestry commission has raised €500,000 from the controversial sale of 34 hectares of woodland and meadows in Overijssel to help offset the impac of government spending cuts. The internet auction was anonymous but the...

Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured March 29, spewing thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude throughout the town of Mayflower, Ark. The disaster has exposed the right-wing-Big Oil lie that 'oil pipelines are safe.'...

Beneficial Microorganisms and the Environment By Clifford Woods Our culture has become obsessed with eliminating bacteria; using gels and wipes to kill all the microbes that we have associated with illness, infection and death....