Snow in the Rockies now silently carries toxic metals from mines, revealing long-range pollution by winter storms.

LABERINTO, Peru, April 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A s gold prices surge, so has illegal mining in South America, ...

Across continents, “sacrifice zones” resemble wounds carved deep into the fabric of our planet. These are regions where ...

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new Cornell University study.

The catastrophic failure of a tailings dam at Sino Metals’ Chambishi mine in Zambia’s Copperbelt ... concerns about growing Chinese criminality Sino Metals, embroiled in the toxic spill fiasco, ...

A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.

Eric Nyland writes, Sen. Steve Daines is showing us that he is someone who will change the law to cater to a corrupt ...

Lithium production, crucial for the clean energy transition, faces significant challenges due to its high freshwater ...

Opinion: Sen. Steve Daines is showing us that he is someone who will change the law to cater to a corrupt billion-dollar ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders that aim to boost domestic coal production, citing the ...

I’m fortunate that none of mine ever had a penchant for digging holes ... species for your growing conditions will give you ...

As historians we rarely predict the future since we are trained to look at the past, draw lessons from it, and identify ...