Federal mining officials say it’s still too soon to say what caused the worst U.S. mining disaster in several decades where 29 miners died. Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration chief Joe Main said Wednesday that investigators are still collecting …
The federal government’s flood insurance program that had mostly been concerned with protecting homes and businesses must now protect salmon and killer whales. Federal fisheries experts have told the Federal Emergency Management Agency that — by underwriting thousands of flood …
Officials say a community of hurricane-resistant homes is being built in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports that the modular concrete homes will be built by Royal Concrete Concepts in Okeechobee, Fla., and sold through the company’s Mississippi distributor, Concrete Building …
If a hurricane hits the Gulf Coast and whips up oil from BP’s massive spill, cleanup workers will not be able to swoop into action to fix the mess. A new Obama administration edict requires that the oil be tested …
Record high ocean temperatures and the development of a climate phenomenon known as La Nina will keep the Atlantic hurricane season on track to be the busiest since 2005, according to government forecasters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has …
The Canadian company whose pipeline ruptured and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a southern Michigan waterway is buying two homes affected by the spill, and several other homeowners are considering buyouts, its chief executive said Sunday. …
BP reports it has established a trust and made a $3 billion initial deposit of the previously-announced $20 billion escrow account to pay claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. “The purpose of the …
Alabama will pay $800,000 annually for three years to an insurance company as a hedge against heavy damage to state property on the coast from a major hurricane. Under the deal that took effect last month, global insurer Swiss Re …
Tropical Storm Colin reformed over the Atlantic Ocean Thursday and was moving northwest on a path that could take it close to Bermuda, where authorities issued a tropical storm warning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Two days earlier, it …
Dense clouds of acrid smoke from peat and forest fires choked Russia’s capital on Friday, seeping into homes and offices, diverting planes and prompting exhausted Muscovites to wear surgical masks to filter the foul air. Air pollution surged to five …
