The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has launched an online database of hazardous materials incident summary reports. The annual and 10-year summary reports include the number of incidents related to specific causes, the number of injuries or fatalities, as well the cost of damages. For instance, while California, Texas, [...] Read Full Story
Authorities filed charges against a Michigan man they said stored about 500 barrels of hazardous chemicals on his property, leading to a $1.3 million federal and state cleanup. The 52-year-old was arraigned in district court on two counts of knowingly releasing or causing the release of a hazardous substance. The charges stem from a 2008 [...] Read Full Story
Located in the coastal town of Stavoren in Holland, the Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren is one of the most original places to stay in the world because the rooms are situated inside large wooden wine barrels. The wine barrels are of Swiss origin and used to contain more than 14,500 liters of wine. There [...] Read Full Story