How Alaska ‘Gets the Shaft’ From Canada’s Mining Industry

Geri Spieler / Truthdig Nov 7, 2018 Disasters in British Columbia, where many Canadian mines are located, can have devastating effects downstream. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

I Know Which Country the U.S. Will Invade Next

Lee Camp / Truthdig May 2, 2018 Hint: It's all about the banking. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Open for Business: Lands Stripped From Utah Monuments

BRADY McCOMBS / The Associated Press Feb 3, 2018 For $212, anyone can stake a claim to land cut from federal protection by President Trump in December. But so far, there doesn't appear to be a rush to seize the opportunity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Renewables ‘Need Huge Mineral Supply’

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 31, 2013 The world will have to hugely increase its consumption of minerals, and to find sustainable ways of exploiting them, if it is to replace fossil fuel technologies with renewables, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Global Warming Resource Rush

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 20, 2013 The disappearance of ice from the planet's North Pole currently in progress means unprecedented access to minerals and energy that have been trapped beneath the surface for ages. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

War for Resources: From Slander to Clarion Call

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 18, 2010 Reading this week's New York Times headline -- "U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan" -- many probably wondered how this information was being presented as "news" in 2010. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Space Invaders

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They Just Found $1 Trillion in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2010 Afghanistan was thought to be a hardscrabble wasteland good for producing little more than opium -- that is until a gang of American geologists working from old Soviet maps uncovered a variety of mineral deposits thought to be rich enough to radically alter our whole concept of Afghanistan and the war to control it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conflict Cell Phones

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2009 You've heard of conflict diamonds, but did you know there might be blood on your cell phone? This PSA brings a little-known aspect of the conflict in Eastern Congo to light and offers a suggestion on how global consumers can help. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )