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panama canal
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the great smog of 52
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Castle Bravo
Castle Bravo was the code name given to the first United States test of a dry fuel hydrogen bomb, detonated on March 1, 1954, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as the first test of Operation Castle -
minamata disease
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silent spring
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Palomares B-52 crash
The 1966 Palomares B-52 crash or Palomares incident occurred on 17 January 1966, when a B-52G bomber of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling at 31,000 feet (9,450 m) over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. The KC-135 was completely destroyed when its fuel load ignited, killing all four crew members. The B-52G broke apart, killing three of the seven crew members aboard -
Fukushima Daichii
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1st earth day
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environmental protection agency
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door to hell
The Door to Hell is a natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan that has been burning continuously since it was discovered in 1971.[1] -
amaco cadiz
Amoco Cadiz was a very large crude carrier (VLCC) under the Liberian flag of convenience owned by Amoco. -
seveso disaster
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aral sea crisis
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The Three Mile Island Nuclear Explosion
he Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred on March 28, 1979, in one of the two Three Mile Island nuclear reactors in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. -
love canal tragedy
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bhopal disaster
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Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch
gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N -
The Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion
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The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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The Kuwait Oil Fires
The Kuwaiti oil fires were caused by Iraqi military forces setting fire to a reported 605 to 732 oil wells along with an unspecified number[quantify] of oil filled low-lying areas, such as oil lakes and fire trenches, as part of a scorched earth policy while retreating from Kuwait in 1991 due to the advances of Coalition military forces in the Persian Gulf War. -
Baia Mare Cyanide Spill
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al mishraq fire
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the three gorges dam
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Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
The Jilin chemical plant explosions were a series of explosions which occurred on November 13, 2005, in the No.101 Petrochemical Plant in Jilin City, Jilin Province, China, over the period of an hour. -
Sidoarjo mud flow
The Sidoarjo mud flow or Lapindo mud is the result of an erupting mud volcano in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia that has been in eruption since May 2006. -
inconvenient truth
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TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill
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Gulf of mexico dead zone
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Libby,Montana asbestos
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deepwater horizon oil spill
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eccocide in vietnam
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tragedy of the commons
