These images reveal the terrible cost we still pay to mine natural resources

The National Gallery of Art’s latest exhibition, “Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography,” lands at a ...
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The U.S. Took Over Venezuela’s Oil Industry. Where Has All the Money Gone?

The American and Venezuelan people remain in the dark about how the Trump administration is controlling billions of dollars ...
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South Bay History: Explosion and fire at Union Oil tank farm in Wilmington lit up the skies in 1951

The blaze began with a bang on July 12, 1951, when Tank No. 100 exploded suddenly. The blast could be heard from as far as 10 ...

America 250: How petroleum became the backbone of modern materials

Long before plastic became something we use every day in our lives, petroleum was valued primarily because it could be used ...

Ancient oceans began suffocating millions of years before Triassic mass extinction, geologists discover

One of the most devastating extinctions in Earth's history is best known for what didn't die—dinosaurs. But the end-Triassic ...