LONDON –– Swiss Re SRENH.S, the world’s second biggest reinsurer said it would no longer insure most new oil and gas projects following mounting pressure on big business to do more to help the world cap global warming. Last year, …
Authorities say four men were injured at a South Florida machine shop when a gas tank exploded. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue reports that workers at the Medley Machine Shop were trying to cut into an empty fuel tank Tuesday. Fire officials …
PG&E Corp. has agreed to pay a $38 million fine for a 2008 gas pipe explosion that killed a Rancho Cordova homeowner. It’s the largest safety-related fine ever levied by the California Public Utilities Commission. PG&E and state regulators initially …
Wyoming’s workplace safety office is adopting new safety rules for oil and gas drilling during a year in which accidents have killed five of the industry’s workers in the state. Wyoming consistently ranks among the most dangerous states for workers, …
Officials have ordered one of Brazil’s biggest shopping malls to close due to risk of a methane gas explosion. The Sao Paulo State Environmental Protection Agency says the gas is seeping from the landfill on which the Center Norte mall …
Puget Sound Energy crews worked through the night checking for more natural gas leaks in the north Seattle neighborhood where a home exploded Monday and injured two residents. Spokesman Roger Thompson says crews walked and drove a 5-square mile area …
A federal safety panel on Tuesday is expected to reveal the results of a yearlong investigation into a natural gas pipeline explosion near San Francisco that killed eight people, incinerated a suburban neighborhood and prompted a national reevaluation of pipeline …
A volunteer fire department in Miller County in western Arkansas doesn’t know who’s used a fuel card to buy thousands of dollars worth of gas without permission. The Texarkana Gazette reports that more than $3,000 in fuel has been purchased …
A Zimbabwean official says at least three people died after a gasoline truck overturned in the capital and burst into flames after people rushed to the vehicle to take the leaking gas. Fire department chief Savius Mugava told state radio …
Warren’s fire chief says an explosion that leveled a commercial laundry earlier this month in the Detroit suburb was caused by an open 2-inch gas line inside the business. Wilburt “Skip” McAdams tells the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit …