PORTLAND, Ore. — In Tom McCall Waterfront Park on the northwest side of the Burnside Bridge, engineers began drilling a 125-foot test shaft as part of crucial seismic testing for Portland's earthquake ...

The Trump administration is getting a massive and mostly icy response to plans for an Arctic seismic testing permit that could disturb polar bears. The Trump administration is getting a massive and ...

One of the most predominant factors impacting today's construction industry is the demand to construct buildings that can resist seismic forces and accommodate for the building movements. Architects ...

Last month, a seismic shake test was conducted on a 10-story wooden structure—the world’s tallest building to be tested on a shake table earthquake simulator. The goal? To validate the strength of ...

WASHINGTON — South Carolina environmentalists were disappointed last month when President Barack Obama excluded the state's coastline from protection against offshore drilling. These same activists ...

Beaufort County communities working to block drilling off the S.C. coast asked state regulators this week to reconsider past decisions clearing the way for oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic ...

Royal Dutch Shell plc’s (RDS.A) seismic testing for oil and gas along South Africa's eastern coastline has been suspended, pending a final judgement by a South African court. Environmentalists ...

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.- Seismic testing and offshore drilling are two concepts that have been discussed quite a bit over the last year in Sussex County. They're ideas that have been formally opposed by ...

A proposal for seismic testing to be carried out off the coast of Kangaroo Island is out for public consultation. Canadian company Bight Petroleum has been given permits to explore for oil and gas in ...

Congressional Republicans are proposing a bill that environmental groups say could open the protected waters off America's Southeast coast to seismic surveying for oil and gas — a practice that could ...

Royal Dutch Shell plc’s (RDS.A) seismic testing for oil and gas along South Africa's eastern coastline has been suspended, pending a final judgement by a South African court. Environmentalists ...