In 1969 the American Union Carbide Company established a factory at the Indian city of Bhopal. It would produce the…
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Quizmasters of the world sit up and take note. Here’s the question: ‘Name the worst radioactive accident in US history…
For an event that fascinated the world and sent a frisson of fear scorching through the USA, the nuclear accident…
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People characterized as NIMBYs (‘Not In My Back Yarders’) are the curse of would-be developers everywhere. They are often dismissed…
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Just one year after Nova Scotia’s Springhill community went into mourning for miners lost in its infamous ‘bump’, another bizarre…
Canada’s Springhill coalfield in Nova Scotia opened in the 19th century, and was the scene of more than one serious…