Tag: environmental disaster

Local government officials and residents of communities situated in Bais Bay’s sprawling coastline expressed concern that Typhoon “Tino” might cause an ethanol-molasses waste spill...

SINGAPORE—A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that country’s...

Manila, Philippines—The Philippines said Wednesday it began retrieving 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil from a sunken tanker off Manila Bay that for...

Penteli, Greece—A massive wildfire in Athens' northeastern suburbs on Monday forced thousands of residents to flee their homes and sparked a Greek government appeal for...

PCG says divers seal 9 leaking valves first as second tanker sinks nearby The government postponed on Sunday the removal of fuel from a tanker...

"Because we never pro-act and only react when the problems have mounted, and because we never learn from past experiences, we are where we...