Geri Spieler / TruthdigNov 7, 2018
Disasters in British Columbia, where many Canadian mines are located, can have devastating effects downstream. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
BRADY McCOMBS / The Associated PressFeb 3, 2018
For $212, anyone can stake a claim to land cut from federal protection by President Trump in December. But so far, there doesn't appear to be a rush to seize the opportunity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkOct 31, 2013
The world will have to hugely increase its consumption of minerals, and to find sustainable ways of exploiting them, if it is to replace fossil fuel technologies with renewables, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 20, 2013
The disappearance of ice from the planet's North Pole currently in progress means unprecedented access to minerals and energy that have been trapped beneath the surface for ages. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJun 18, 2010
Reading this week's New York Times headline -- "U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan" -- many probably wondered how this information was being presented as "news" in 2010. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 14, 2010
Afghanistan was thought to be a hardscrabble wasteland good for producing little more than opium -- that is until a gang of American geologists working from old Soviet maps uncovered a variety of mineral deposits thought to be rich enough to radically alter our whole concept of Afghanistan and the war to control it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 22, 2009
You've heard of conflict diamonds, but did you know there might be blood on your cell phone? This PSA brings a little-known aspect of the conflict in Eastern Congo to light and offers a suggestion on how global consumers can help. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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