The Cook Labor Government has introduced stricter new regulatory arrangements that apply to Alcoa of Australia's operations. Alcoa operates under an Exemption Order as part of the government's Alcoa Transitional Approvals Framework, introduced in December 2023 to allow the company to…
Despite these challenges, the authors were still able to emphasize broader trends in heavy metal accumulation in the Providence area, namely decreases in lead concentrations due in part to Environmental Protection Agency regulations but also to targeted remediation efforts in…
People fill the lecture hall at Alta Vista Elementary during an EPA meeting about the Chevron Questa Mine Superfund site Thursday (Sept. 24). Danny Garcia, chairman of the Cabresto Lake Irrigation Community Ditch Association, addresses EPA officials during a meeting about…
The leader of the Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group, Elizabeth Vaah, has criticised Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) chief executive officer Sammy Gyamfi’s position on formalising unlicensed artisanal and small-scale miners, questioning how the government intends to prevent land encroachment and environmental…
Olive Resource Capital's Derek Macpherson and Samuel Pelaez explain what to check on mining site visits, using Omai in Guyana and Sun Valley in Uruguay. Pelaez likened a site visit to studying an object from a distance and moving closer.
The project seeks to reclaim 153 hectares of land across the Obuasi East Municipality and the Adansi Akrofuom and Adansi Asokwa districts, which have suffered extensive damage from illegal small-scale mining. The project would focus on mining-degraded areas aro The Asantehene,…
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Professor Michael Ayamga-Adongo, has described comments by Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi on formalising unlicensed small-scale miners as contextual but oversimplified. Prof. Ayamga-Adongo said Mr…
Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a letter…
Coal power has a well-deserved reputation for being the dirtiest and most expensive option for generating electricity. Burning coal dumps mercury and other toxins into our air and water, and produces huge amounts of greenhouse gas pollution, all while costing…
The International Carbon Registry (ICR) has approved a new coal-abatement methodology “in principle only”, restricting its use to a pilot project while reserving a final decision until the approach has been tested in practice. At the beginning of October, the…
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