Ironically, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi—who served as Gujarat’s Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014—has often highlighted ...

Illegal mining, also called galamsey, has become one of the country's most pressing challenges. It threatens not only the ...

Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has bemoaned the low adjudication of mining-related cases in courts, noting that out of 800 cases in courts less than 40 have ...

Kentucky's top environmental official says she has "grave concerns" about a controversial bill that would allow more water ...

Several conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in U.S. District Court on Tuesday challenging the ...

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, say researchers.

Since companies first started mining silver outside Rico, Colorado, in 1869, the land has held a sulfuric acid plant and cyanide leach heaps, driving decades of cleanup and federal oversight.

Concerns rise over contaminated water from BASF facility into Detroit River, with experts urging regulators to act.

"People are speaking out on social media." Politician abandons hard-fought policy that once had 80% public support: 'There is ...

A few days ago, I received a phone call from former BJP Chief Minister Suresh Mehta, who resigned from the party in 2007 following differences with the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Now 88, ...

The groups argue that the mine would jeopardize public health and clean water, harm threatened plants and animals, and ...

Local and national conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today to challenge its approval of the Stibnite Gold Project, an open-pit cyanide leach gold mine in Idaho’s Salmon River Mountains.