A worst-case collapse of China’s Three Gorges Dam sounds like a nightmare: a wall of water racing down the Yangtze, overwhelming cities like Wuhan and Shanghai, crippling a basin that powers about 40 ...

While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans ...

Court ruling halts allegation the miner funded litigation to block Brazilian municipalities from pursuing claims in London.

LONDON -- A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...