Permits, Environment and Communities

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (231+ words) My thanks go out to Gov. Tim Walz for his Aug. 18 executive order temporarily protecting the watershed containing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from copper-nickel mining. Pyrrhotite is believed to have caused the stainless-steel bolts holding up the roof…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (237+ words) The Trump administration greenlit the first of several projects to clean up abandoned mines under a bipartisan law addressing pollution caused by historic mining. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it approved conservation organization Trout Unlimited Inc.'s Good…...

4+ day, 13+ min ago   (815+ words) Mining company Newmont says dust and water from its Cadia mine do not pose a health threat, despite research finding lead levels up to 1000 times above national drinking water guidelines in nearby rainwater tanks. The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1693+ words) MADRE DE DIOS, Peru — “Bayolet, my little daughter, had some tests when she was five years old,” says Gladys Ordoñez, a mother from the Shintuya Indigenous community, located on the banks of the Madre de Dios River, in the Peruvian…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1750+ words) Because of that, the Beni River is perceived in two ways: As a source of subsistence for the communities but also as the center of all their ills. According to Óscar Campanini, director of the Center for Documentation and Information…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (237+ words) The publication compiled measurement data collected along 2,763 kilometers of three interconnected Amazon rivers. The database included 7,725 samples taken from people and 5,939 fish tissue samples; the studies involved at least 130 researchers. In 220 of the 249 communities, or 88%, heavy metal levels significantly exceeded…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (182+ words) Five environmental organisations filed a complaint on Tuesday (8 September) with the European Ombudsman over the EU’s decision to weaken water protections, arguing they did so at the behest of the mining industry. The complaint takes aim at the EU’s decision…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (616+ words) September 8, 2026 — 3:00am Fracking wastewater ponds could overflow under higher-than-average rainfall conditions that are common in the Kimberley, environmental groups warn, as new documents raise fresh fears of a contamination threat to a nearby major waterway. Texan mining company Black Mountain Energy’s…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (318+ words) Clergy members in the Ahafo Region, notably from the New Apostolic Church, have joined the rising national calls for decisive government action against illegal mining, locally known as galamsey. The leaders are urging the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1153+ words) Chapter officials and allottees say industry is helpful Friday, Sep 4, 2026 1:18 PM MT Updated Friday, Sep 4, 2026 1:24 PM MT Construction for an oil and gas site in Counselor, New Mexico. (Brad Ryan/Special to the Tri-City Record) A new animated video from…...