Big Dig tunnel leak reported in 2001
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Contractors told the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority of Big Dig tunnel leaks 34 months before MTA admitted knowing, the Boston Globe reports.
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Leaks in the Big Dig highway tunnel system under downtown Boston are more widespread than officials have acknowledged, and a new state report suggests tens of millions of dollars
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By Kristi E. Swartz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla.  Sep. 20--A pinhole-sized leak may be why 900 gallons of fuel oil flowed  into Tampa Bay from a Florida Power & Light Co. off-loading terminal near the  utility's Manatee Energy Center, an FPL spokesman said Tuesday.
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PHILADELPHIA-November 28, 2004 - Divers found a six-foot gash in a cargo tank on the Greek-owned tanker that leaked 30,000 of crude oil into the Delaware River, spokesmen for the Coast Guard and the vessel&#39;s owner said Sunday.
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Leaks in the $15 billion tunnel project raise questions about oversight, which may affect plans in other cities.
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U.S. transportation investigators on Tuesday blamed the fatal collapse in Boston's Big Dig tunnel last year on a ceiling adhesive that was not strong enough, and determined contractors and authorities probably could have taken steps to avert the disaster.
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High levels of asbestos, lead and other contaminants have been found in a vacant skyscraper badly damaged during the 2001 terror attacks, potentially complicating the rebuilding of ground zero.
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Billions of pounds have been splashed on repairing worn underground pipes since the privatisation of Britain&#039;s water industry in 1989, but network operators are still struggling to plug the leaks.
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Safety repairs to a portion of the Big Dig tunnel where a motorist was killed by falling ceiling panels have been completed and the section will reopen once federal authorities give the OK, Gov. Mitt Romney said Friday.
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By Ellyn Pak, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Feb. 6--The drilling of two holes in the Cleveland National Forest began  Monday to test if 646 millions gallons of water can be transported daily  through a tunnel between Riverside and Orange counties.
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The state attorney general will file a multimillion dollar lawsuit Monday against the companies that worked on the Big Dig, alleging their negligence led to a tunnel ceiling collapse that killed a woman.
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In a burgeoning political and engineering scandal, Boston&#39;s gleaming new underground Interstate 93 highway is riddled with hundreds of leaks.
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The lead contractor and consultants on Massachusetts' "Big Dig" roadway project have agreed to pay $458 million to settle an inquiry into defects in the tunnels that led to a fatal accident in 2006, federal and state officials said on Wednesday.
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The family of a woman killed when the ceiling of a Big Dig tunnel collapsed on her car last year has agreed to a $6 million settlement with the company that supplied the epoxy blamed for the accident, attorneys said Monday.
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By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  ConocoPhillips had a leak in a pipe at its refinery in Wilmington, Calif., a state government Web site reported Thursday.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 20-- -- Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers told federal investigators several years ago about contaminated dirt piles around the factory that in recent months were reported as newly discovered, 32-year employee Chris Naas says.
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JAKARTA An internal company report warned top executives at Newmont Mining, the world&#39;s largest gold producer, in 2001 that the company was putting tons of toxic mercury vapors into the air in Indonesia.