mining

Extracting the lithium that EVs need could destroy this rare desert ecosystem in Chile

Oak Flat has been spared a copper mine for now—but the legal maneuvering continues

Developers seek to overcome Indigenous and environmental resistance by offering perks to local communities

Uranium mining has been banned in Navajo country—could it come back?

Mining operations in Canada threaten rivers in the US

Activists are fighting to block a proposed polluting smelter plant in Arizona

Even the coal industry's best friends are giving it the bad news: Demand is declining, reserves are vanishing, mountaintop removal is unacceptable, and emissions must be reduced. Slowly, surely, the United States is moving past coal.

The mining industry is one of the planet's biggest polluters. But Echo Bay had another dirty little secret. It was funding Al Qaeda-linked terrorists.