Today in eco-history: Volcanic eruption kills 90,000-plus
The volcano, which began rumbling on Apr. 5, killed almost 100,000 people directly and indirectly.
Galveston Bay: The biggest oil disaster you're not hearing about
Though smaller than the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010, when it omes to the amount of spillage the incident may grow, with everything and everyone from wildlife to workers currently paying the price.
Today in eco-history: Michigan struck by deadly F5 tornado
Known as the Hudsonville-Standale Tornado, it was part of a large, deadly outbreak of 49 tornadoes that affected the Great Plains, parts of the South, and the upper Midwest.
Today in eco-history: Ruins of Pompeii discovered
"The excavation of Pompeii brought to light not just individual buildings and artifacts, but an urban fabric."
After collision, Texas ship channel awash in oil
The collision sent 170,000 gallons of oil into the body of water that connects the Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and deals with up to 80 vessels per day. The oil quickly spread into neighboring bodies of water.
Loss of life in Harlem the price paid for crumbling infrastructure
It's no coincidence that the collapsed buildings were served by a 127 year-old gas main; those in the labor movement are feeling the unfortunate burden of vindication.
Scientists warn California could experience megadrought
Although the storm system that brought precipitation to LA is going to help combat the drought in the short-term, weather officials don't believe it will have a lasting effect. The drought is a product of climate change.
After gas explosion, Chevron offers victims free pizza
The Chevron-owned fracking well shot flames into the air with a powerful boom, starting a fire that burned intensely for four days afterward before it was extinguished.
West Virginia hit by another chemical spill
About 108,000 gallons of waste from a coal processing facility leaked into a tributary of the Kanawha River on Feb. 11, polluting 6 miles of Fields Creek. The waste includes all manner of toxic chemicals and metals.
Weathering the floods in England
At long last the army has arrived on the Somerset Levels (a coastal area in South West England) where floodwaters have been disrupting normal life since just after Christmas.
