A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains on Feb.... An official says he is being starved to death.... 12, 2023Vinyl chloride is a flammable gas used to make polyvinyl chloride plastic, better known as PVC....

INCREDIBLE images show toxic smoke billowing from the world’s biggest tyre graveyard that can be seen from space. Gigantic holes in dug out of sandy earth in the Sulaibiya area of Kuwait hold around seven million tyres.... 5 The black plume comes from some of the millions of tyres stored Credit: Twitter 5 Smoke from the fire can be seen from space Credit: Google Earth/ Maxar Technologies Thick smoke from the blaze at the six acre facility has been captured on satellite. The tyres are believed t

For the first time in decades, state officials are walking back the most restrictive warning against eating fish from the Illinois River. There is no longer a “ do not eat ” advisory for sport fish in the river, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced this week.... The most severe advisory level previously targeted channel catfish in two swaths of the river.... Isabelle Weaver fishes in the Illinois River in Havana, Illinois, in 2015....

by Daniel M. GersteinThe use of chemical weapons in Syria this week—reportedly by the regime of Bashar Assad—is an affront to humankind.... Russia, meanwhile, said the chemicals were released when Syrian air strikes hit a rebel chemical weapons production facility.... Russia's defense of the regime could embolden Assad and further strain already frayed relations between Washington and Moscow. Redlines against the use of chemical weapons were drawn and crossed during the Obama administration...

” Waste-to-energy plants are expanding in other parts of the world, as more than 120 plants have been built in the last five years.... One study, published in the scientific journal Environment, Development and Sustainability, attributed the increase to factors such as panic buying and more reliance on single-use items.... Medical waste has also increased due to the heavy use of personal protective equipment, the study found.As the pandemic has abated in many part of the country and the econom

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb.... Portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed the night before in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb.... Some are unsure of where they can go." One mile?...

In the aftermath of the revolution, Russia adopted a fiercely nationalistic stance at home and a more confrontational approach on the international stage.... More than 100 of those gathering were killed, some by police snipers, while up to 300 are still considered to be missing.In the end, as his attempts to quell the discontent failed, Yanukovych fled from Ukraine— to Russia.... Still, the war came home Fast forward to present-day Russia....