China coal mine deaths drop – to 1,049

The number of people who died after accidents in Chinese coal mines dropped to 1,049 last year. The death toll is down 24% from 2012 according to statistics released by authorities over the weekend. In 2012 there were 1,384 deaths and in 2011 that figure was 1,973. Officials said this showed safety in coal mining […]

Nuclear power has ‘saved millions of lives’

Researchers claim that nuclear power has saved nearly two million lives by cutting out fossil fuels. In a new report NASA scientists Pushker A. Kharecha and James E. Hansen calculate an average of 1.84 million human deaths were prevented by world nuclear power production from 1971-2009. The research which was published in the Environmental Science […]

‘Eighty dead’ in Algeria gas field attack

The death toll after the Algeria gas field siege has mounted to 80 according to reports today, with British, American, Japanese, French, Norwegian, Filipino and Romanian workers reported dead or missing alongside militant casualties. Three Britons were killed during the hostage crisis at BP’s gas field in Algeria (pictured) while a further three British nationals […]