Utah jumped to second in a federal database of states’ total toxic chemical releases – a rise mostly attributable to the Bingham Canyon Mine, according to the EPA.

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

Authorities in Ghana arrested 15 people in a crackdown on illegal mining — also known as galamsey — intensifying ongoing ...

Law enforcement officers cracked down on illegal activity in the mining industry in Nigeria, shutting down illegal mining ...

Jorge Lobo, a biologist who has studied the impacts of mining, commented on the bill, saying, "It could unleash a flood of mining requests, undoing decades of protections," per the Tico Times. Mining ...

Gurgaon: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday issued a notice to Haryana pollution board for failing to comply with its ...

A decade after a dam collapsed in Brazil, sending a deluge of toxic mud into villages and waterways, residents complain of an ...

In Jharkhand’s coal belt, where production pressures run high and pollution risks run deep, one woman descends underground each day—symbolising both the industry’s legacy and its uncertain future ...

Environmental advocates call Gov. Mike Braun's push for deregulation a false choice between Hoosier health and the economy.

The Trump administration’s agenda megabill passed this week by the Senate and currently under debate in the House contains a ...

We are alive only through the grace of God. At one point, I got messages saying someone had offered 1 million lempiras ...

The Gauteng Provincial Government is taking the Tshwane metro to court over illegal land invasions and dumping in Glen ...