USA Today23d
'Vast amount of water': Beaver dam blamed for 2023 Maine train derailment
Maine environmental officials pinned an April 2023 train derailment that hospitalized three people and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on a beaver dam Wednesday. The train derailment occurred ...
The Hindu24d
The Teesta dam and the long shadow of climate change
On January 27, 2025, an expert committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change recommended a proposal to rebuild the Teesta-3 dam on the Teesta river in Sikkim.
The Hindu26d
China’s dam project opens the floodgates of concern
The planned construction by China, of a massive hydroelectric dam on the lower section of the upper stream of the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet, has become a matter of concern for India due to its ...
The Diplomat28d
What’s Driving China’s Controversial Mega-Dam in Tibet?
On December 25, 2024, Chinese state media Xinhua reported that the country had officially approved the construction of what will be the world largest hydro-dam with annual capacity of 60 gigawatts ...
Reuters9d
At least 31 die in Bolivia after truck rams into bus
LA PAZ, March 3 (Reuters) - A truck traveling on a highway in southern Bolivia collided with a bus early on Monday morning, forcing the bus off the road and killing at least 31 people, police said.
The Citizen28d
Vaal Dam has stayed around the same level for nearly a month, but could reach new mark this week
The Vaal Dam is on the brink of exceeding 61% capacity for the first time in nearly a month, with current levels reaching 61.95%. The strategic reservoir, which has maintained levels around 61% ...
Reuters23d
Bus crash in Bolivia kills over 30 people
LA PAZ, Feb 17 (Reuters) - A bus crash in Bolivia on Monday killed at least 31 people and wounded over a dozen more, according to local police. The driver of the bus likely lost control of the ...
The Express Tribune20d
Punjab announces fare for Lahore’s electric bus service
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday inaugurated Lahore’s first electric bus transport system, aiming to provide a more affordable and environmentally friendly commute. Speaking at ...
BBC4d
The wheels on the bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round, All day long! The bell on the bus goes 'Ding, ding, ding! Ding, ding ...
ZME Science28d
Beavers Built a $1.2M Dam for Free — And Saved a Czech River
A dam would have solved the problem, but the project stalled due to financial and bureaucratic problems since 2018. Then, in a surprising twist, beavers took matters into their own paws ...
Greek Reporter27d
Beavers Complete Czech Government’s Dam Project After Seven Years of Delays
Credit: hehaden – CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr. Beavers have saved the Czech government and its citizens $1.2 million by flooding what used to be an army training site, where a dam was planned, by building ...