Lula vows to end illegal mining in the Amazon. But legal mining is more complicated.

Russia’s ‘conflict diamonds’ under scrutiny 

Rebels with a business cause: Part II

Main opposition party against mining wins Greenland election

An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador

‘China’s Erin Brockovich’ goes global to hold Chinese companies accountable

Spain’s coal miners continue to wait for their country’s ‘Green New Deal’

A recent leak of sulfuric acid into the Mexico’s Sea of Cortez arouses anger and concern

The Philippines identified as the deadliest country for environmental activists

The most toxic town in America

Mining threatens Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters

Centuries of mining take a toll on health in Peruvian communities

These Mongolian miners are making gold greener. Now they want their government to help.

A Guatemalan indigenous land rights activist wins the Goldman Environmental Prize

Catholic bishops outraged by Congress’ repeal of an anti-corruption measure that could support child labor

In a victory for the oil industry, Congress makes it easier to pay bribes for drilling rights

Activists to Obama: Stop leasing public land to take out oil, gas, coal

‘The Devil Underground’: Inside Colombia’s Gold Wars

Hidden Christmas gifts from Congress to big corporations are an annual ritual

Go inside ‘the mountain that eats men’ in Bolivia

Residents of Appalachia try to give new life to old mines using a beloved chestnut tree

How is China expanding its economic empire in Africa?

In the Philippines, underwater gold mining comes with small payoffs and big risks

Drills could reach trapped Chilean miners by Saturday

In Remote Spanish Town, a Glimmer of Hope in Tantalum

Businesses prepare for explosion in deep sea mining activities

Colombian miners looking to more environmentally friendly gold mining process

South African gold miners launch largest lawsuit in Africa’s history

Obama administration bans new uranium mines near Grand Canyon

Nicaragua’s gold mining industry is booming, boosting country’s economy

Energy company reaches federal settlement in connection to Upper Big Branch mine disaster

Giant gold, copper deposits discovered in Alaska — digging them out the trouble

Massey Energy blamed for West Virginia mining disaster

Is your cell phone fueling violence in the Congo?

Mining causes lead poisoning disaster in Nigeria

Deep Sea Mining: Economic Bonanza or Environmental Boondoggle?

Gold Mining Boom

Colombia Sets Sight on ‘Green Gold’

South Africa: Miners Strike Deal, but Official Unions Strike Out

Miners Charged with Murder in South African Shooting

The Terrible World of ‘Artisanal’ Mining

Thousands Attend Funeral for South African Miners

Nicaragua Cashing in on Rising Gold Prices

One Year Later, A Look Back at the Chilean Miners

Miners vs. Farmers in Australia

Report: Massey Energy to Blame for West Virginia Mining Disaster

Guiding Urban Cowboys

West Virginia Mountain Top Mining Controversy

The Living on Earth Almanac

Cattle and Mines

Native Uranium Miners

Mapping out Mining Reform

Judy Bonds Remembered

Cracking the Hard Rock Mining Law

A New Take on Clean Water

Defending the Mountains

EPA Eyes Mountaintop Removal Mining

Miner Safety Getting Shafted?

Liberation Ecology

Learning In the Shadow of Coal