Contentious COP29 Deal Shows Climate Cooperation Fraying at Edges November 25, 2024 By Valerie Volcovici, Richard Valdmanis and Karin Strohecker When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped to the podium at the closing meeting of the Baku climate summit on Sunday...
Regulators Wonder If One Farm’s Tainted Milk Is Isolated Case or Broader Problem March 20, 2019 By Richard Valdmanis and Joshua Schneyer For Maine dairy farmer Fred Stone, the discovery in 2016 that his cows were producing tainted milk has since brought...
Injury Rates Jump at Coal Giant Murray’s West Virginia Mines October 26, 2018 By Richard Valdmanis and Valerie Volcovici Injury rates have more than doubled at five West Virginia coal mines acquired by Murray Energy Corp. in 2013, according...
Safety Agency Finds 10% of Veteran Coal Miners Have Black Lung Disease July 20, 2018 By Richard Valdmanis More than 10 percent of America’s coal miners with 25 or more years of experience have black lung disease, the...
17 States Sue to Halt Trump Rollback of Climate Change Regulations April 6, 2017 By Richard Valdmanis A coalition of 17 U.S. states filed a legal challenge on Wednesday against efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to...
Washington LNG Blast Spotlights Natural Gas Safety April 7, 2014 By Joshua Schneyer, Richard Valdmanis and Timothy Gardner An unexplained blast this week at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in rural Washington state, which injured workers, forced...
How a Runaway Train Devastated Canadian Town; 13 Dead, 37 Missing July 9, 2013 By P.J. Huffstutter and Richard Valdmanis The short length of track, nestled in a dark pine and birch forest in Quebec, is a regular overnight stop...
Five Dead, 40 Missing After Crude Oil Freight Train Explosion in Canada July 7, 2013 By Richard Valdmanis and Julie Gordon At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed and...