mining

Pennsylvania Poet Grapples With Coal’s Legacy and Repercussions

Pennsylvania Poet Grapples With Coal’s Legacy and Repercussions

Art Zilleruelo’s poetry is often inspired by nature. Growing up, he wandered the hills of rural Pennsylvania. “It’s still possible to do things like get lost in the woods here if you want to,” he says. “It’s still possible to find places where the night sky is completely unpolluted by artificial light.” But the region […]

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    Pebble Mine Denied Permit in Victory for Tribes, Waterways and Planet

    Pebble Mine Denied Permit in Victory for Tribes, Waterways and Planet

    By Andrea Germanos Environmental campaigners stressed the need for the incoming Biden White House to put in place permanent protections for Alaska’s Bristol Bay after the Trump administration on Wednesday denied a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine that threatened “lasting harm to this phenomenally productive ecosystem” and death to the area’s Indigenous culture.   […]

    Trump Admin Is Rushing to Mine Sacred Tribal Land in Arizona

    Trump Admin Is Rushing to Mine Sacred Tribal Land in Arizona

    In yet another attack on the environment before leaving office, the Trump administration is seeking to transfer ownership of San Carlos Apache holy ground in Oak Flat, Arizona, to a copper mining company. The administration pushed to finish the environmental review process, a necessary step to transfer ownership to copper mining company Resolution Copper, and […]

    Environmental Justice Reporters Face Deadly Threats, Intimidation

    Environmental Justice Reporters Face Deadly Threats, Intimidation

    By Jeannette Cwienk Shubham Mani Tripathi, newspaper reporter, India: shot dead in June 2020 for exposing illegal sand mining. Maria Efigenia Vasquez Astudillo, radio reporter, Colombia: struck and killed by a projectile in October 2017 while covering clashes between the Indigenous community and local police. Joseph Oduha, journalist, South Sudan: fled the country in 2019 […]

    There’s a Rush to Mine Deep Seabeds, With Unknown Ecological Impacts

    There’s a Rush to Mine Deep Seabeds, With Unknown Ecological Impacts

    By Elizabeth M. De Santo, Elizabeth Mendenhall and Elizabeth Nyman Mining the ocean floor for submerged minerals is a little-known, experimental industry. But soon it will take place on the deep seabed, which belongs to everyone, according to international law. Seabed mining for valuable materials like copper, zinc and lithium already takes place within countries’ […]

    212 Environmental Activists Were Killed Last Year, a Record Number

    212 Environmental Activists Were Killed Last Year, a Record Number

    While 2019 saw a massive uptick in environmental activism around the world, with climate strikes and the Extinction Rebellion campaign surging in popularity, the work of defending the environment on the front lines became more deadly than ever. In 2019, a record number of environmental activists were killed for trying to protect land and water […]

    Russian Mining Giant Admits to Polluting the Arctic With Wastewater

    Russian Mining Giant Admits to Polluting the Arctic With Wastewater

    Russia’s Norilsk Nickel ran into trouble earlier this month when one of its subsidiaries accidentally spilled 21,000 tons of diesel that ended up polluting a pristine Arctic lake. Now the company admits that it has been dumping wastewater into the Arctic tundra, as Agence-France Press, (AFP) reported. The metallurgical giant said on Sunday that it […]