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Deadly Earthquake Leaves Haitian Capital in Ruins

January 14, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Deadly Earthquake Leaves Haitian Capital in Ruins

 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 13, 2010 (ENS) – Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have died in the most violent earthquake to strike Haiti in 200 years, [...]

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Philippine Volcano Shoots Ash, Lava; Thousands Evacuated

December 24, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Philippine Volcano Shoots Ash, Lava; Thousands Evacuated

MANILA, Philippines, December 24, 2009 (ENS) – Mount Mayon, the Philippines’ most active volcano, is shooting columns of ash more than a kilometer above the summit and red hot [...]

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Court: Negligence by U.S. Army Corps Caused Katrina Flooding

November 18, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Court: Negligence by U.S. Army Corps Caused Katrina Flooding

 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 18, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in New Orleans following [...]

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Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done

November 3, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Timor Sea Oil Rig Blaze Snuffed But Ecosystem Damage Done

 

PERTH, Australia, November 3, 2009 (ENS) – PTTEP Australasia today confirmed it has killed a leaking oil well and stopped the main fire at the Montara well head [...]

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Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well

November 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well

 

PERTH, Australia, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – A huge fire has been blazing at an oil rig in the Timor Sea since Sunday, after an attempt by the [...]

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Tanker Spills Heavy Black Oil into San Francisco Bay

October 31, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Tanker Spills Heavy Black Oil into San Francisco Bay

ALAMEDA, California, October 31, 2009 (ENS) – Cleanup operations continue today in response to an oil spill from a tanker into San Francisco Bay Friday morning.

Bunker fuel was [...]

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Typhoon-Stricken Philippines Fights Disease, Faces Another Storm

October 27, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Typhoon-Stricken Philippines Fights Disease, Faces Another Storm

 

MANILA, Philippines, October 27, 2009 (ENS) – The World Health Organization has sent an international team of health experts to the Philippines to help the government respond to [...]

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Deal Drafted on Nuclear Fuel for Iran’s Research Reactor

October 21, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Deal Drafted on Nuclear Fuel for Iran’s Research Reactor

 

VIENNA, Austria, October 21, 2009 (ENS) – A draft agreement on providing Iran with fuel for a civilian nuclear research facility that could defuse tension over Iran’s nuclear [...]

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Dangerous Storms Spin Over Both Sides of the Pacific

October 19, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Dangerous Storms Spin Over Both Sides of the Pacific

 

GREENBELT, Maryland, October 19, 2009 (ENS) – Powerful tropical cyclones have developed on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, according to NASA satellite data, and the governments of [...]

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Typhoon Parma Rains Drown Philippines’ Luzon Island

October 9, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Typhoon Parma Rains Drown Philippines’ Luzon Island

 

MANILA, Philippines, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – A week of torrential rain on the Philippines main island of Luzon brought by ‘super typhoon’ Parma has claimed more than [...]

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‘Super Typhoon’ Nears Philippines, Calamity Declared

October 2, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on ‘Super Typhoon’ Nears Philippines, Calamity Declared

 

MANILA, Philippines, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – President Gloria Arroyo today declared a nationwide calamity and ordered local governments, police and military to forcibly evacuate residents in the [...]

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Killer Indonesian Earthquake Shatters West Sumatra City

October 1, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Killer Indonesian Earthquake Shatters West Sumatra City

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – At least 1,000 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a severe earthquake that struck the Indonesian island [...]

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