Mining
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News
Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty
Allegations of possible payments to help secure votes. Claims of abuse of agency funds by top diplomats. A possible job offer to entice a candidate to withdraw from a race. These are not the shenanigans of a corrupt election in an unstable country ...
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World
Four Lawmakers Denounce Plan to Ease Sanctions on Israeli Mining Executive
A White House proposal to allow the billionaire Dan Gertler to sell off his assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo sparks a bipartisan rebuke.
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World
Looking Beyond Diamonds and Money
Mining can be dangerous, exploitative and harmful to the environment. Chie Murakami’s organization is aiming to change that by raising awareness and addressing the needs of miners.
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Science
Mucus-Covered Jellyfish Hint at Dangers of Deep-Sea Mining
Shipboard experiments suggested that sediment from the exploitation of metals in the ocean could be harmful to marine life.
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US
Pacific Seabed Mining Delayed as International Agency Finalizes Rules
Efforts to extract the metals used in car batteries have been pushed off amid pressure from environmentalists and nations that oppose them.
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World
Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters
PABLO, Mont. — In the mountain streams of southern British Columbia and northern Montana, a rugged part of the world, fish with misshapen skulls and twisted spines have been caught over the years. Many scientists attribute the malformed creatures and ...
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Newyork
The Fate of the Okefenokee Swamp Is in Your Hands
NASHVILLE — I have a dim memory of being taken on a boat ride in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge when I was 4 or 5. I remember tea-dark water lapping at the boat, a white bird on stilt legs and a drifting log that startled me by turning into ...
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Newyork
New York Enacts 2-Year Ban on Some Crypto-Mining Operations
New York became the first state to enact a temporary ban on new cryptocurrency mining permits at fossil fuel plants, a move aimed at addressing ...