From 1,000 feet (300 meters) up, the view of the tsunami-battered Japanese seaside communities shows striking progress: much of the rubble, crumpled cars and other debris is gone. Yet seen from a helicopter Friday carrying Associated Press journalists, there are …
Scientists at the University of Rhode Island are part of a $10.4 million effort to study new high-tech ways of dispersing oil spills. Researchers are URI will receive $560,000 of the overall amount to investigate the use of tiny nanoparticles …
The state has issued an $80,000 penalty against a New Hampshire man, saying he failed to report and clean up an oil spill in the basement of an apartment he owns. The state Department of Environmental Services estimated between 200 …