Chernobyl Nuclear Accident – Ukraine – April 26, 1986
The reactor in one of the units lost its cooling water, heat built up, and
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Yellowstone Wildfires – 1988
Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous national park in the world. Established in
Qinghe Special Steel Corporation Disaster – 2007
Once a Chinese state enterprise, the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation had been transferred to the
Abule Egba Pipeline Explosion – 2006
Black gold has proved both a boon and a curse to the West African republic
Halemba Mine Accident – 2006
Silesia is Poland’s industrial heartland and the region’s coal mines – employing more people than
Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions – 2005
Anywhere in or around the Number 101 Petrochemical Plant in Jilin was definitely not the
Petrobras 36 Oil Platform – 2001
In March 2001 the Petrobras 36 Oil Platform (P-36) was the world’s largest floating oil
Los Frailes Mine Pollution – 1998
A vast area in the marshy lowlands of Las Marismas, around southwestern Spain’s Guadalquivir River,
Vaal Reefs Elevator Disaster – 1995
Becoming a miner in South Africa during the 20th century was a dirty and dangerous
Camelford Water Pollution – 1988
Anyone who wants to damage the largest possible number of people in the shortest possible
Piper Alpha – 1988
The discovery of North Sea oil and gas was a boon to Britain. Piper Alpha
Chernobyl – 1986
The catastrophic nuclear disaster the world had long feared finally happened in 1986 at the
Bhopal Disaster – 1984
In 1969 the American Union Carbide Company established a factory at the Indian city of
San Juanico – 1984
If you’ve got a storage and distribution terminal containing a third of Mexico City’s liquid
Church Rock Uranium Spill – 1979
Quizmasters of the world sit up and take note. Here’s the question: ‘Name the worst
Three Mile Island – 1979
For an event that fascinated the world and sent a frisson of fear scorching through
Seveso Disaster – 1976
The small chemical plant owned by Hoffmann-La Roche subsidiary ICMESA near Meda, 15 km (10
Flixborough Chemical Disaster – 1974
People characterized as NIMBYs (‘Not In My Back Yarders’) are the curse of would-be developers
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The conquest of the last great Alpine peak in 1865 should have been a triumph,
