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Minerals

The controversial Pinyon Plain uranium mine continues to operate within the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni—the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument on Aug. 27 near Grand Canyon, Ariz. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

In Inaugural Tribal Energy Summit, Carbon Capture, Critical Minerals and Sovereignty Take Center Stage

By Jake Bolster

A sperm whale dives underwater as a Greenpeace sailing vessel, named the Witness, goes on a scientific expedition in August 2024 in Norway. Credit: Christian Åslund/Greenpeace

Norway’s Plan for Seabed Mining Threatens Arctic Marine Life, Greenpeace Says

By Teresa Tomassoni

A recent development on newly-bought Marshall County land scars the lush green landscape near Lake Guntersville in Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama’s Bald Eagle Territory, Residents Say an Unexpected Mining Operation Emerged as Independence Day Unfolded

By Lee Hedgepeth

A worker sweeps around a furnace at a coke plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on April 11. Credit: Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Mining ‘Critical Minerals’ in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Rife With Rights Abuses

By Katie Surma

The Silver Peak mine in Clayton Valley, Nev. is the only active lithium mine in the U.S. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Lithium Companies Fight Over Water in the Arid Great Basin

By Daniel Rothberg

Michael Lusk, a refuge manager for the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, surveys the edge of the federally protected swampland in Folkston, Ga., where a major new mining operation is preparing to break ground, raising concerns among longtime residents and environmentalists. Credit: Hyosub Shin/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun

By Drew Kann, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Your Cell Phone's Blood Diamonds: Conflict Materials from Congo

By Guest Writer

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