2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1116+ words) Venezuela is close to passing a law to update the country's mining regulations and attract private investment in gold, silver, coltan and other minerals. But advocacy groups say the law may end up exacerbating deforestation and pollution in mining areas…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1581+ words) BAN KHAO MO, Thailand " On March 24, 2026, residents of this small community achieved a landmark legal victory. Ten years into a class action suit against the Chatree gold mine, the Bangkok Civil Court ruled in their favor, holding the company liable…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (758+ words) At 7: 45 a. m. one recent January day in American Samoa, a delegation from Greenpeace and Pacific Island partners sat in a small radio studio explaining why we had traveled thousands of miles across the Pacific. We were invited by local leaders to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (476+ words) A First Nation in Canada's subarctic Northwest Territories has received C$1. 5 million ($1. 1 million) in federal funding to explore for elements on its traditional lands. The T'ch" own a 39, 000-square-kilometer (15, 000-square-mile) stretch of boreal forest and tundra. On March 3, they announced…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (251+ words) A nickel mine in Indonesia's Raja Ampat archipelago was shut down in June after a mining ban, but operations restarted last September after the government claimed it was compliant with environmental requirements and could be considered a "green mine." So…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (479+ words) More than 200 people have died and dozens are missing after a landslide on March 3 at the Kasasa site in the Rubaya mining area in Masisi territory, North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. "I saw the ground collapse…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (230+ words) A recent study in Forensic Science International suggests a link between exposure to heavy metals from mining operations and reduced cognitive performance in children in Peru. Researchers say the findings highlight the long-term impact of mining pollution on children's neurocognitive…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1130+ words) JAKARTA " The Indonesian government's revocation of 28 forestry, plantation and mining permits after the deadly Sumatra floods is facing new scrutiny after researchers found that several of the concessions cited in the announcement had already expired, been revoked years earlier or…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (906+ words) Officials in Argentina are considering a reform to the country's glacier protection law, a change critics say would weaken environmental regulations and clear the way for expanded mining in some of the country's most fragile ecosystems. The bill to reform…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (709+ words) On Feb 4, the U. S. hosted the Critical Minerals Ministerial, a summit bringing together delegations from more than 50 countries, including seven African countries, with the aim of securing access to the critical minerals used in everything from electric vehicles to semiconductors. The…...