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A 90-car train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in western Alabama in the early hours of Friday morning, spilling oil and leaving eleven cars burning in the rural area. No injuries have been reported, but 20 of the train's cars derailed and 11 were still on fire, the train owne...

Political and environmental pressure mounted on energy companies in Colorado on Thursday, as officials tried to assess the damage from oil and gas spills that followed last week's heavy flooding.\ Regulators were tracking 10 oil spills in the north-central portion of the state, where e...

Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southe...

A freight train has derailed spilling tonnes of zinc concentrate on the tracks in north Queensland. The train was carrying the load to a foundry at Townsville when it derailed at Mingela about 8.15am (AEST) on Sunday.   The Department of Community Safety (DCS) says the locomot...

Two people have been taken to hospital and an industrial area has been evacuated after a major chemical spill in Brisbane's south.   The spill of an unspecified chemical happened in a warehouse on Stradbroke Street at Heathwood about 10.15am (AEST) on Wednesday, the Department...