LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - BHP on Monday won its bid to throw out a contempt of court case in Britain over the funding of ...

BHP won its effort to throw out a contempt of court case over the funding of litigation to prevent Brazilian municipalities ...

On the night of October 9, 1963, a massive landslide plunged into the reservoir behind Italy’s 264-meter-tall Vajont Dam, triggering one of Europe’s worst engineering disasters. The impact generated a ...

Researchers found that mining waste from the 2015 Mariana dam disaster persists in soil and water, entering local crops — indicating ongoing contamination. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist ...

Residents affected by a highly toxic tailings dam spill in Zambia’s Copperbelt have launched legal action against the Chinese ...

"Is this the Tottenham we knew? The Championship (second division) is right in front of us!" Less than a year after lifting ...

For centuries Egypt has treated the Nile as a birthright, not a shared lifeline. Now, as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ...

A wicked snow drought picked a bad year to plague the West, with the Colorado River already reeling. Arizona's local supplies ...

The Santa Paula Historical Society will host local journalist Peggy Kelly on March 12 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Santa Paula ...

Court ruling halts allegation the miner funded litigation to block Brazilian municipalities from pursuing claims in London.

Just before midnight on this day in 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, and remains one of the most deadly civil engineering ...

After three torrential storms dumped 10 inches of rain on Northern California in nine days in February 1986, Sacramento’s flood protections were bursting at the seams. Something had to give — and did.