Greenland weighs up economy versus climate crisis – as the island eyes tourism and mining it is also mindful of controlling the cost ~enviro climate change Article 1355 words 3 votes
The mechanical transmission of power: Stangenkunst ~humanities.history Article 4121 words, published Jan 22 2013 6 votes
UN experts call for Sweden to scrap a planned iron ore mine – toxic waste and other contaminants would cause 'irreversible risks' to land used by the Sámi ~enviro pollution Article 514 words, published Nov 7 2017 2 votes
Why miners risk their lives to get sulfur from an active volcano | Risky Business ~life work Video 12:29, published Jan 21 2022 4 votes
The promise and peril of turning the Salton Sea into California's "Lithium Valley" ~enviro pollution Article 1269 words 8 votes
We’ve barely explored the darkest realm of the ocean. With rare-metal mining on the rise, we’re already destroying it. ~enviro Article 3093 words 6 votes
Greenland heads to the polls on Tuesday in snap elections which could have major consequences for international interests in the Arctic ~news denmark.greenland politics Article 34 words 8 votes
Arctic island finds green power can be a curse – Greenland's rare-earth elements are attracting superpowers riding a green revolution ~enviro energy.renewable Article 2274 words 11 votes
Greenland's government called a national election after parliament threatened it with a no-confidence vote – coalition torn apart by dispute over mining project ~news denmark.greenland politics Article 288 words 5 votes
Rescuers in China have freed eleven gold miners who were trapped hundreds of metres underground for two weeks ~news china Article 37 words 7 votes
Electric vehicles' dirty secret: The race is on to find a steady source of lithium, a key component in rechargeable electric car batteries ~enviro Article 4469 words 12 votes
Buildings and residents testament to the rich seams of history and identity of Kiruna in Sweden are ousted in favour of the profit-laden iron ore seams lurking beneath ~design architecture urban planning Link 2 votes
Canadian scuba diver in Mexico accidentally discovers vast, prehistoric industrial complex ~humanities.history Article 1007 words 17 votes
Satellite imagery shows that North Korea might be making millions, and breaking sanctions, by selling sand ~enviro Article 4 votes
Report reveals Rio Tinto knew the significance of 46,000-year-old rock caves six years before it blasted them ~humanities.history Article 1066 words 10 votes
United States seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 918 words 6 votes
Sweden suffers one of its strongest earthquakes at an Arctic iron ore mine – quake measured magnitude 4.1 and forced the mine to close ~enviro Article 331 words 8 votes
Probable Roman shipwrecks unearthed at a Serbian coal mine ~humanities.history Article 852 words 9 votes
Norway adopts initiative for sustainable mining – TSM requires mining companies to annually assess their facilities' in areas including energy use and greenhouse gas emissions ~enviro Article 255 words 3 votes
Dis.cool is creating profiles of Discord users who have never signed up for their service and they are refusing to delete them. ~tech privacy Link 22 votes
There are no known commodity resources in space that could be sold on Earth ~space Article 1896 words, published Aug 27 2019 13 votes
Finland to become EU's only uranium producer – Finnish government gave the green light on Thursday for state-owned Terrafame to extract and refine ~finance Article 429 words 6 votes
How this abandoned mining town in Greenland helped win World War II ~humanities.history Article 1308 words 5 votes
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths ~finance business Article 854 words 7 votes
The strange, uncertain fate of one of the world’s most valuable salmon habitats ~enviro climate change Article 3151 words, published Oct 1 2019 5 votes
Norway's last coal miners fight for survival against climate policy ~life work Article 526 words 6 votes
Losing the eternal blue sky: Meet a changing Mongolia. Rivers are dry. Pastureland is giving way to mines. And wintertime smog obscures the famed blue sky. How did the country get here? ~enviro climate change pollution.air Article 32 words 7 votes
Seabed mining is coming — bringing mineral riches and fears of epic extinctions ~enviro Article 3376 words 8 votes
Science and sustainability may clash on the Moon: Balancing the mining of lunar ice between colonization and astrobiological research ~space Article 1505 words 4 votes
Are there potential downsides of going to 100% renewable energy? ~enviro conservation energy.renewable Article 2218 words 4 votes
What people in Kentucky coal country really think about a Green New Deal ~enviro Article 1385 words 3 votes
Army Corp begins hearings on draft EIS in Alaska for proposed Pebble Mine ~enviro Article 593 words 6 votes
Jobs in southeast Kentucky's coal mines are vanishing. Can green jobs replace them? ~life work Article 2246 words, published Mar 21 2019 4 votes
'We are fighting': Brazil's indigenous groups unite to protect their land ~news Article 1734 words 12 votes
Glencore bows to climate lobby and caps coal production ~enviro climate change Article 606 words 9 votes
Facebook charged with misleading users on health data visibility ~tech facebook privacy security social media Article 483 words 8 votes
NSW Land and Environment Court dismisses Gloucester Resources's Rocky Hill Mine appeal ~enviro climate change Article 429 words 5 votes
Angola expels thousands of Congolese migrants in crackdown on illegal diamond mining ~news angola crime politics Article 1499 words 7 votes
'Will I have existed?' The unprecedented plan to move an Arctic city ~life Article 1839 words 14 votes