Time to Roll up our Sleeves and Tackle Toxic Mercury Use in Small-Scale Gold Mining
[Artisanal Miners in Medellin, Colombia/photo credit: Marcello Veiga] The last decade has witnessed a boom in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)...
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[Artisanal Miners in Medellin, Colombia/photo credit: Marcello Veiga] The last decade has witnessed a boom in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)...
(Photo by NOAA) At the end of February, Mexico announced a plan to keep the vaquita--a small porpoise species found only in the northernmost part of the Gulf...
Communities in and around East Los Angeles have long sought to permanently shutter the Exide Technologies lead-acid battery recycling facility in Vernon, Ca...
Seafood lovers beware: if you buy (or eat) fish sourced from one of Iceland's leading seafood companies, you are unwittingly funding whaling. NRDC and a...
An analysis last week confirms that Governor McAuliffe can be an economic and regional leader by pursuing a regional multi-state approach to address climate...
As the U.S. government winds up its review deciding whether to issue a permit for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, it should pay attention to new...
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