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Gold Mining Is Poisoning the Amazon – And Trees Could Expose It All!

In the remoteAmazon rainforest, trees are becoming unexpected sentinels against environmental destruction caused by illegal gold mining. New research shows that mercury pollution, a toxic byproduct of ...
Alaska Public Media

EPA says Red Dog Mine failed to identify hazardous waste for over 4 years

A highlighted satellite view of the Red Dog Mine (Courtesy Google, Airbus, Maxar Technologies) The Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement this week with the operators of the Red Dog ...
Colorado Public Radio

Colorado mining town’s polluted legacy has a potential for profit, but some are wary of the risk

Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin ...
NBC News

A plan to extract gold from mining waste splits a Colorado town with a legacy of pollution

LEADVILLE, Colo. — Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the ...
The Conversation

Bacteria and plants could help clean up toxic waste from gold mines – South African study

Alseno Kagiso Mosai receives funding from National Research Foundation of South Africa (Thuthuka). Hlanganani Tutu has shares in Goldfields and Sibanye-Stillwater. University of the Witwatersrand ...
The Denver Post

Plan to use cyanide to extract gold from Leadville mining waste has residents concerned

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LEADVILLE — Millions of tons of waste from decades-old mining operations sit in the hills east of town. The brown and orange piles of abandoned ore rise 30 ...
AZoCleantech

Reclaiming Non-Renewable Waste with Urban Mining: Latest Developments

Urban mining offers a sustainable solution for resource recovery, transforming e-waste into valuable materials and supporting ...