Category: Mining Pollution

A western Pennsylvania creek has flowed orange from coal-mining pollution for decades… – Click to read more

While the mining industry spends millions on advertising to promote a green image, this survey reveals that these public relations campaigns are not working. The public has a very different impression of the industry and wants to see concrete actions taken to reduce mining pollution. – Click to read more

The government’s shift in policy has also raised the ire of the Northern Land Council, which says Aboriginal landholders have historically borne the brunt of mining pollution. – Click to read more

Medium-scale mining operations occurring in a tiny riverine community in northwest Guyana have led to deforestation and discoloration in vital waterways after tailing ponds spilled into creeks and a river… – Click to read more

People living near mining sites have seen surrounding land polluted and waterways contaminated by the chemicals used to extract the rare earth minerals… – Click to read more

The 15-year-long program to remediate the environment of the Upper Mežica Valley in the wake of its mining past is drawing to a close this year but traces of lead can still be found in children’s blood. Thus a follow-on project will be required. – Click to read more

Every single category except for urban environments has deteriorated since the last report in 2016, including inland water, coasts, air quality, and extreme events, with climate change, mining, pollution, invasive species and habitat loss all major contributors. – Click to read more

Other factors, such as mining pollution, marsh draining, and climate-induced damage, have also taken their toll on the site, but the actions of right-wing members of the regional parliament, who had pushed through legislation allowing the… – Click to read more

Doñana’s water resources, which cover over 130,000 hectares (320,000 acres) of marshes, woodlands, and dunes in the Andalucian provinces of Huelva, Seville, and Cádiz, have significantly decreased over the past 30 years as a result of climate change, farming, mining pollution, and marsh drainage. – Click to read more

Outside the wastewater treatment plant in the Iron Range town of Aurora, a small trailer could hold clues to solving a big environmental problem facing northern Minnesota — how to protect wild rice from sulfate, a pollutant released by iron ore mines, wastewater treatment plants, and other industries. – Click to read more