“The catastrophic force of the collision pierced the stern of the tanker causing the tanker to sink to the ocean floor at an estimated depth of 2,000 feet.”

'We are saddened and heartbroken'

Authorities say no one was seriously hurt when an airplane bound for Boston ran off a runway and burned near Houston

"This Is Big": 14-Mile Long Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico Investigated By Coast Guard The US Coast Guard is responding to a 14-mile long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico discovered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, officials said Saturday according to Bloomberg . The spill, which consists of a 4-mile black sheen and a 10-mile rainbow sheen, is located in federal waters off Port Fourchon, Louisiana, said Sam Jones, head of the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office. “That’s big,” Jones said in an interview on Saturday. “It’s the biggest one out there.” The Coast Guard said in a s [...]

Nuclear regulators in Japan have reported that radiation levels in Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are “exceedingly high” and are worse than previously thought. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said in a report a significant amount of radioactive materials apparently were attached to shield plugs in the containment vessels in the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, […]