Spanning more than 100 metres across and 20 metres high, the Stones Arch Dam at Jones Falls has been standing strong for nearly two centuries. Also called the "whispering dam," visitors can stand ...

Satellite images shared with Newsweek show the construction progress made on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the controversial hydroelectric dam causing tension between three African ...

“That’s what we’ve prayed for.” The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has freed the Klamath River, inspiring hope among Indigenous activists who pushed for rewilding to help save ...

Charles City firefighters Lt. Justin Schuttler (left) and Landon Luft, dressed in their cold water gear, walk out onto the ...

MELBOURNE, Oct 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - BHP's (BHP.AX), opens new tab tactics in Brazil may be going too far. On Friday, the miner, partner Vale (VALE3.SA), opens new tab and their Samarco ...

On November 5, 2015, a tailings dam collapsed releasing iron ore sludge into the Rio Doce (Sweet River) in southeastern Brazil. The toxic waste contaminated the river water and damaged its ecosystem.

The Vaal Dam is the primary feeder for Rand Water, which draws from the Sterkfontein Dam should the Vaal have a distinguished low capacity. Vaal Dam. Image: Department of Water and Sanitation The ...

Nine years after a dam that held waste materials burst at an iron-ore mine near the town of Mariana and unleashed a wave of toxic sludge, killing 19 people, a long-awaited courtroom showdown over ...

Napocor, which provides missionary electrification to off-grid areas, manages major dams in Luzon, including the Ambuklao Dam and the Binga Dam in Benguet, San Roque Dam in Pangasinan, Angat Dam ...

The DAM Preis for Architecture in Germany 2023 has been awarded to Auer Weber for the Extension of the Starnberg District Office. Honoring yearly outstanding buildings in Germany since 2007 ...

Andrew Van Dam writes the Department of Data column each week for The Washington Post. He has covered economics and wrangled data and graphics for The Post and the Wall Street Journal. He got his ...

Gaza's civil defence agency on Sunday said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed in Israeli strikes on two houses in ...