Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Australia has set up a commissionof inquiry into an oil spill in the Timor Sea off northwesternAustralia that spewed as much as 400 barrels a day for more than 10 weeks. David Borthwick, a former Secretary of ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen is looking to boost his flagging political fortunes in a St. Patrick's Day meeting with President Barack Obama. The annual White House event is a mix of lighthearted cheer and serious politics. Cowen comes ...Read More
ROME (AP) - Sludge from an oil spill snaked down the Po River on Thursday to reach the province of Parma, raising fears that the home of Italy's famed prosciutto, parmesan cheese and other agricultural staples might be at risk ...Read More
ROME - An oil spill that fouled a small river in northern Italy reached the Po River yesterday, with officials warning of an ecological disaster as they scrambled to contain the sludge before it contaminated Italy's longest and most important ...Read More
ROME (AP) - An oil spill that fouled a small river in northern Italy reached the Po River on Wednesday, with officials warning of an ecological disaster as they scrambled to contain the spill before it contaminated Italy's longest and ...Read More
LIMA, PERU - Peru is hoping to reopen Machu Picchu to tourists by April 1 after landslides and flooding cut off access to the Incan citadel perched in the Andes. Officials are trying to restore a damaged rail line to Peru's ...Read More
LIMA, Peru-Peru is hoping to reopen Machu Picchu to tourists by April 1 after landslides and flooding cut off access to the Incan citadel perched in the Andes. Officials are trying to restore a damaged rail line to Peru's biggest tourist ...Read More
It began with real fears that Sinn Fein's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness might resign and a breakneck rush by Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen to Hillsborough to stave off the imminent collapse of the Stormont Assembly.
It continued through 10 ...Read More
MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO, Peru (AP) - Authorities rushed to evacuate the last tourists stranded near Machu Picchu by mudslides and flooding that could leave the fabled Inca citadel closed for weeks. Fewer than 800 tourists were still waiting Friday for a ...Read More
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Peru's government plans to complete the evacuation of the remaining tourists stranded near the Machu Picchu archaeological site after flash flooding, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Martin Perez said today. The remaining 800 tourists trapped near the ...Read More
MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO, Peru -- Buoyed by the return of good weather, authorities are hoping to evacuate on Friday the last tourists stranded near Machu Picchu, the fabled Inca citadel that is likely to stay closed for weeks even if ...Read More
Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Peru airlifted 600 tourists stranded by floods near the Machu Picchu archaeological site this morning as more tourists arrived in the town seeking evacuation, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Martin Perez said today. The government aims to ...Read More
(CNN) -- Peruvian officials said they plan to evacuate between 800 and 1,000 more tourists trapped near the famous Inca ruins at Machu Picchu on Thursday. Heavy rains unleashed mudslides that have cut off roads and blocked a rail line, trapping ...Read More
DALLAS - The worst Texas oil spill in more than 15 years was contained Monday, and authorities credit a massive emergency response with averting an environmental disaster. About 462,000 gallons of oil spilled when an 800-foot tanker headed for an Exxon ...Read More
LIMA, Peru-Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru have blocked the train route to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, stranding some 2,000 tourists. Perurail spokeswoman Soledad Caparo says the train operator suspended service Monday and is working to clear rock ...Read More
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - The Coast Guard says nearly half the oil that spilled at a major Texas port during a collision between a tanker and a towing vessel has evaporated, dispersed or been recovered from the water.Coast Guard Petty ...Read More
Plastic walls known as booms and oil-sucking skimmer boats were used to safeguard a lake that is a crucial breeding ground and a wildlife-management area that lost its protective gates when Hurricane Ike roared ashore a year and a half ...Read More
* Channel is oil supply route for 4 refineries * Cleanup likely "days not weeks" says Texas official (Recasts first paragraph to add percentage of U.S. capacity; adds ships waiting, quote from Texas official) HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Sabine-Neches Waterway, that supplies oil ...Read More
(CNN) -- Crews removed about 46,000 gallons of oil from waters near Port Arthur, Texas, on Sunday, roughly 10 percent of the oil spilled a day earlier when a tanker collided with two barges, a U.S. Coast Guard officer said. An ...Read More
PORT ARTHUR, Texas-Federal and state investigators were seeking answers Sunday to the cause of a spill that sent up to 11,000 barrels of oil into a waterway, disrupting a key economic lifeline for the region and a major transit point ...Read More
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) - A Coast Guard spokesman says an 800-foot oil tanker and towing vessel that collided Saturday spilling oil in a southeast Texas port have separated without more oil being spilled. Petty Officer Richard Brahm says the tide ...Read More
