Mining
Mining ‘Critical Minerals’ in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Rife With Rights Abuses
By Katie Surma
Alabama Mine Cited for 107 Federal Safety Violations Since Home Explosion Led to Grandfather’s Death, Grandson’s Injuries. Where Are State Officials?
By Lee Hedgepeth
Lithium Companies Fight Over Water in the Arid Great Basin
By Daniel Rothberg
More Federal Money to Speed Repair of Historic Mining Harms in Pennsylvania
By Jon Hurdle
The Global Mining Boom Puts African Great Apes at Greater Risk Than Previously Known
By Katie Surma
Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun
By Drew Kann, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose
By Noel Lyn Smith
New Online Dashboard Identifies Threats Posed by Uranium Mines and Mills in New Mexico
By Noel Lyn Smith
Aridity Could Dry Up Southwestern Mine Proposals
By Wyatt Myskow
David Hess, Longtime Pennsylvania Environmental Official Turned Blogger, Reflects on His Career and the Rise of Fracking
By Jake Bolster
In Alabama, What Does It Take to Shut Down a Surface Mine Operating Without Permits?
By Lee Hedgepeth
Dirty Water and Dead Rice: The Cost of the Clean Energy Transition in Rural Minnesota
By Karina Atkins
As Companies Eye Massive Lithium Deposits in California’s Salton Sea, Locals Anticipate a Mixed Bag
By June Kim
An Ohio Strip Mine’s Mineral Rights Are Under Unusual New Ownership
By Dani Kington and Keri Johnson, Athens County Independent
Q&A: Kate Beaton Describes the Toll Taken by Alberta’s Oil Sands on Wildlife and the Workers Who Mine the Viscous Crude
Mining Critical to Renewable Energy Tied to Hundreds of Alleged Human Rights Abuses
By Katie Surma