Aug 24 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause "unavoidable adverse impacts."… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 7:21 Companies race to mine lithium, a battery essential By Miles O'Brien The metal lithium has become integral to our daily lives, due to its essential role as a battery material in electronic devices. Over the next several decades, the rising popularity of electric vehicles is expected to mean the demand for… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 8:31 Gold mining leaves heart of Peruvian Amazon a wasteland By Leo Schwartz A decade of illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has left thousands of acres of rainforest a wasteland. Unpermitted miners cleared vast sections of trees near Peru's border with Brazil and infused the land with mercury, causing an environmental… Continue watching
Jun 17 Supreme Court sides with Virginia in uranium mining ban case By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The owners of a massive deposit of radioactive uranium, the largest known in the United States, tried to challenge a decades-old ban, but the court found nothing improper to overturn it. Continue reading
May 06 Watch 7:06 Humans pushing 1 million species to brink of extinction, says UN report A new UN report reveals the extent to which mankind is changing life on Earth. Written by an international panel of experts, it concludes that nearly a quarter of animal and plant groups are at risk of extinction, some within… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 3:58 What a broad, bipartisan public lands bill means for the American wilderness President Trump is expected to sign a sweeping bipartisan lands bill into law this week, with broad implications for development of wilderness areas, state conservation funding and hunting and fishing on public lands. Judy Woodruff sits down with Lisa Desjardins… Continue watching
Feb 20 U.S. mining sites dump 50 million gallons of fouled wastewater daily By Matthew Brown, Associated Press That torrent is poisoning aquatic life and tainting drinking water sources in Montana, California, Colorado, Oklahoma and at least five other states. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 7:53 Battle over phosphate mining roils small Florida town By Alan Toth, Laura Newberry Phosphate mining is a major industry in Florida, but it’s also a major source of pollution, responsible for red tide, toxic algal blooms and killing wildlife. In the northern part of the state, residents of a small town are resisting… Continue watching
Jun 27 Hayabusa2, a Japanese spacecraft, arrives at Ryugu asteroid to retrieve minerals By Jeremy Hsu, Scientific American If all goes according to plan, two spacecraft will commence close encounters with two asteroids by the end of August, in order to retrieve organic materials dating back to the solar system’s birth. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 6:21 The battle for Minnesota’s $1 trillion mining jackpot By PBS News Hour Minnesota’s Arrowhead region sits atop a trove of precious metals: four billion tons of raw material like copper and nickel, a haul worth $1 trillion, mining companies say. But local residents and activists are taking a stand against encroaching mining… Continue watching