The death knell for the species probably came with the construction of the first dam on the Yangtze River, the Gezhouba Dam, which began operating in the late 1980s. The dam, located about ...

He said the vehicle was travelling from the Dasu hydroelectric dam site, under construction by the China Gezhouba Group Company, towards the capital Islamabad. Zahid Khan, a senior local police ...

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 ...

This photo shows the dam at the end of the 2019 rainy season The long-running dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over a massive hydroelectric dam being built on the River Nile shows no sign ...

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 ...

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.

A huge dam in the Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine has been destroyed, unleashing a flood. Ukraine's military and Nato have accused Russia of blowing up the dam, while Russia has blamed ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

(KTVZ) – A fall-run Chinook salmon was identified Wednesday by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's fish biologists in a tributary to the Klamath River above the former J.C. Boyle Dam ...

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 ...