In January 2019, a dam holding back mining sludge at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine in Brumadinho, southeastern Brazil, collapsed. Around 10 million cubic meters (2.6 billion gallons) of the liquefied waste, or tailings, burst out of the dam, flattening nearby settlements, destroying a railway bridge, sending a surge of toxic mud into […]
A Cedar Rapids couple will donate a total of $2.1 million to seven Linn County non-profits, according to a news release from United Way of East Central Iowa, one of the beneficiaries.