mining

Using Nature to Heal Nature

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Oct 3, 2023 A startup wants to store plants in the bottom of the Black Sea to save humanity from its carbon footprint. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Palauan President Urges Global Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Sep 28, 2023 Surangel Whipps Jr., president of the island nation, spoke at the U.N. General Assembly about the potentially devastating consequences of deep-sea mining. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Neocolonialism: Pillaging the Earth for the ‘Climate’

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Aug 28, 2023 They saw the pillage of their sacred site as another iteration of rapacious techno-industrialism, the specialty of the white man’s culture. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Americas

Amazon Protection Pact Falls Short on Tackling Organized Crime

Gavin Voss / InSight Crime Aug 15, 2023 The Belém agreement takes important strides to protect the Amazon, but overlooks drug trafficking and transnational crime groups. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Study Finds Ocean Mining Drastically Disrupts Biodiversity

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Aug 11, 2023 Just two hours of mining caused significant habitat loss to fish and shrimp. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Environment

The Global Race for Lithium Arrives in Rural Brazil

Sam Klein-Markman / NACLA Aug 3, 2023 The global energy transition is set to require a staggering increase in the lithium supply—and rural Brazil is the latest zone of extraction. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Environment

Alaska Salmon Face a Tide of New Mines

Becki Robins / Undark Dec 1, 2022 Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

40 Dead, Many Feared Buried in Mud After Brazil Dam Collapses

MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA, ANNA JEAN KAISER and PETER PRENGAMAN / The Associated Press Jan 26, 2019 Rescue workers labor in deep waste to try to reach employees of the Vale mining complex that were swept up in the debris flow. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bill Could Put the Amazon at Risk by Opening Huge Area to Mining

By Jan Rocha / Climate News Network Mar 2, 2017 Environmental campaigners fear that removing protection from millions of acres of rainforest will facilitate exploitation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Could the Amazon Rainforest Be Saved as a Biological ‘Factory’?

By Jan Rocha / Climate News Network Oct 14, 2016 With the world's largest tropical forest under continuous assault, Brazilian scientists propose rescuing it as a kind of lab to help develop biotechnology products. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Mining Company Defends Use of Hired Thugs to Attack Indigenous Farmers in Peru

By Sarah Lazare / AlterNet Sep 28, 2016 Similar actions against environmental defenders are mounting throughout Central and South America. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Humanity’s Plunder of Nature’s Resources Is Intensifying

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jul 23, 2016 A new U.N. report warns that a threefold increase in extraction of the earth’s primary materials over the past 40 years will intensify climate change, reduce biodiversity and raise the risk of conflict. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )