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Mining

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Rare Earth Metals Must Not Come at the Cost of Indigenous Rights

As mining interests expand in northern Sweden, Indigenous Sámi communities face existential threats. But a sustainable and just alternative exists — urban mining.
September 17, 2025
by
Emil Siekkinen
As mining interests expand in northern Sweden, Indigenous Sámi communities face existential threats. But a sustainable and just alternative exists — urban mining.
The Ask

Saving Okefenokee

A potential titanium mine threatened the famous swamp — until activists and local journalists stepped in.
September 4, 2025
by
John R. Platt
A potential titanium mine threatened the famous swamp — until activists and local journalists stepped in.
A drawing of a person sitting surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Pollution & Toxins

The Land Is an Ancestor We Refuse to Abandon: In the Shadows of the Hermosa Mine

A rural Arizona border town came together to do whatever they could to protect the land.
July 2, 2025
by
Ree Artemisa
A rural Arizona border town came together to do whatever they could to protect the land.
Voices

Protect This Place: The Headwaters of Papua New Guinea’s Strickland River

One of the least explored regions on Earth is also part of the largest intact forest ecosystem in the Pacific.
April 30, 2025
by
William H. Thomas, Ph.D.
One of the least explored regions on Earth is also part of the largest intact forest ecosystem in the Pacific.
Commentaries

Mining Policy Must Be Reformed

Current plans to update our 152-year-old mining laws fail to redress centuries of mineral-extractive colonialism.
September 25, 2024
by
Sam Orndorff
Current plans to update our 152-year-old mining laws fail to redress centuries of mineral-extractive colonialism.
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Arts

‘The Mountain Wagtail’: How Pollution and Mining Are Destroying Kyrgyzstan

As mining operations destroy millennia-old glaciers, Kyrgyzstani director Begaly Nargozu’s new film reflects a disappearing landscape and culture.
September 9, 2024
by
Tim Brinkhof
As mining operations destroy millennia-old glaciers, Kyrgyzstani director Begaly Nargozu’s new film reflects a disappearing landscape and culture.
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Oceans & Clean Water

‘Like a Dead Zone’: Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River

A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on the Trinity River.
December 11, 2023
by
Juliet Grable
A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on the Trinity River.
Environmental Books

13 New Books About Pollution — and How to Fight It

Pesticides, sewage, mining waste, air pollution and trash — these new books address the toxic elements in our society.
August 19, 2021
by
John R. Platt
Pesticides, sewage, mining waste, air pollution and trash — these new books address the toxic elements in our society.
Purace paramo
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Páramos at Risk: The Interconnected Threats to a Biodiversity Hotspot

The pressures of climate change and human land use could lead to the disappearance of unique biodiversity and vital ecological services.
May 3, 2021
by
Daniel Henryk Rasolt
The pressures of climate change and human land use could lead to the disappearance of unique biodiversity and vital ecological services.
Los Cedros cloud forest
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

A Critical Fight for the Rights of Nature

Ecuador’s Los Cedros Reserve, one of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats, could be wiped out by mining. A court case could save it — and set a precedent for the planet.
September 1, 2020
by
Daniel Hudon
Ecuador’s Los Cedros Reserve, one of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats, could be wiped out by mining. A court case could save it — and set a precedent for the planet.

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