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- Chad halts lake's world heritage status request over oil exploration Thu, 24 Sep 20, 7:14pmExclusive: African state says it has agreements with oil companies in Lake Chad area
- Lithium find in Cornwall spurs hopes of regeneration Thu, 17 Sep 20, 7:41pmDiscovery of high-grade metal used for electric car batteries ‘could be enough to meet total future UK demand’
- Rio Tinto: why the sacking of three executives isn't enough for mining investors Sat, 12 Sep 20, 6:00amAustralia’s biggest superannuation funds also demand the miner guarantee the protection of culturally important sites
- Indigenous leaders say Rio Tinto dumping executives must be beginning of genuine transformation Sat, 12 Sep 20, 6:00amAustralia’s biggest superannuation funds also demand the miner guarantee the protection of culturally important sites
- How Australia's 'white gold' could power the global electric vehicle revolution Thu, 10 Sep 20, 3:30amMiners and environmentalists have reached an uneasy truce over lithium – both agree Australia should be mining more of this key ingredient in renewable energy batteries
- Revisiting EPA’s Gold King Mine blowout – Part 2 Tue, 8 Sep 20, 11:00amOn August 5, five years to the day after suffering from a 3-million-gallon spill of heavy-metal-laden toxic wastewater from Colorado’s Gold King Mine, the State of Utah announced a settlement of its claims against the U.S....
- Recalling EPA’s Gold King Mine disaster – Part 1 Sun, 6 Sep 20, 11:00pmOn the fifth anniversary of the notorious spill of 3 million gallons of heavily contaminated acid mine water from the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and State of Utah announced...
- Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity Thu, 3 Sep 20, 11:00pmThis was just published in Nature Communications. That’s gonna leave a mark. Here is the Abstract, (emphasis mine): Renewable energy production is necessary to halt climate change and reverse associated biodiversity...
- Chinese mining firms in Zimbabwe pose threat to endangered species, say experts Thu, 3 Sep 20, 11:03pmTwo companies granted permission to clear land at Hwange national park, home to cheetahs, elephants and rhinos
- Mining needed for renewable energy 'could harm biodiversity' Wed, 2 Sep 20, 1:00amStudy warns sites must be protected in search for materials to build infrastructure
- Adani quietly rebranding Abbot Point terminal as company hit with $107m damages bill Fri, 28 Aug 20, 2:05pmExclusive: Queensland supreme court says company engaged in ‘unconscionable conduct’
- NSW plan for 21 coalmines would create seven years of nation's emissions, expert says Fri, 28 Aug 20, 3:30amState Minerals Council pushing for projects despite Minerals Council of Australia goal of net-zero emissions
- NSW plan for 21 coal plants would create seven years of nation's emissions, expert says Fri, 28 Aug 20, 3:30amState Minerals Council pushing for plants despite Minerals Council of Australia goal of net-zero emissions
- Renewables criticised for lack of jobs as Collinsville locals look to a return to coal Thu, 27 Aug 20, 9:31amA proposal for new coal generation will be scrutinised thanks to a Federal Government grant, with the support of most Collinsville locals.
- Journey's end: last of England's open-cast mines begins final push Sat, 22 Aug 20, 5:00pmHartington site in Derbyshire will be allowed to eke out last of its coal over rest of year owing to pandemic