Demand that global leaders protect the Amazon from illegal gold mining https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/amazon-stop-gold-mining?utm_source=Mastodon
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to bolster the country’s declining coal industry, relaxing restrictions on coal mining, leasing and exports in what the White House said was an effort to meet the energy-intensive needs of artificial intelligence data centers. NBC News reports:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/trump-signs-executive-order-boost-us-coal-industry-part-fuel-artificia-rcna200269
"The lab sent mobile x-ray units to mines to screen miners regularly. It authorized job transfers for miners showing signs of disease. And the unit also trained and certified doctors to read specialized lung scans...But President Trump's sweeping cutbacks at the nation's health agencies last week included this small team running a program coal miners are entitled to by law."
#PublicHealth #CDC #environment #coal #mining #OccHealth #safety#OccSafety #DOGE #USpol
Ukraine now should discuss rare earths from a position of STRENGTH
"#China halts export of valuable rare earths minerals to #US
#RareEarth #Minerals #Mining #Ukraine #News #Tariffs #EU #Democrats #Economy #GDP #World #Markets #Recession #Economics #Finance #Autarky #AmericaFirst
https://www.dw.com/en/china-halts-export-of-valuable-rare-earths-minerals-to-us/video-72182641
Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to gain more influence over plans to increase extraction of the battery metal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/04/08/energy/chile-lithium-indigenous-control/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #chile #southamerica #latinamerica #energy #batteries #lithium #indigenouspeople #mining #sustainability
The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns in Death Valley, California, stand as a testament to the area's rich mining history, set against a striking desert and mountain backdrop.
#BuyIntoArt #DeathValley #WildroseCharcoalKilns #History #California #NationalPark #mining #desert #mountain
Fifth-generation farmers fighting to save their land
The Byrne family in western Victoria refuses to surrender their farm to a US-backed mineral sands mining company. They want to keep farming and pass their land on to future generations—but under Australian law, their options are limited.
Experts say landowners who resist approved mines face long, expensive legal battles with little chance of success. Is this what fair land rights look like?
#auspol #landrights #farmersvsminers #mining #greed #multinationals
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/donald-mineral-sands-mine-farm-acquisition/105063360
The #DeepOcean is home to fragile #ecosystems, unique #species, and critical #CarbonSinks that help regulate global #climate. #Mining the ocean floor will destroy these ecosystems and release toxic #pollutants, leading to irreparable damage to ocean #biodiversity.
We know this is a longer post, but understanding the full context is crucial. The fact that #companies can now exploit this #loophole in #InternationalWaters
In short: US companies can apply for #mining rights in international waters, essentially bypassing international environmental regulations and protections meant to safeguard the ocean. This is a huge step towards the industrial #exploitation of the #DeepSea, which remains one of the last pristine frontiers on Earth.
And it’s not just a legal technicality, this is an environmental disaster in the making!
Three companies convicted in 2022 death of Alberta worker at Suncor mine
Three companies have been penalized more than $1.2 million in the death of a 26-year-old man who was fatally struck by piece of equipment at Suncor's Base Mine nearly three years ago.
#accident #law #mining #death #Alberta #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ohs-alberta-oilsands-death-conviction-1.7496481?cmp=rss
Today In Labor History March 27, 1904: The authorities kicked Mother Jones out of Colorado for “stirring-up” striking coal miners. Earlier in March, the authorities deported 60 striking miners from Colorado. In June, they arrested 22 in Telluride. For nearly 2 years, strikers, led by the Western Federation of Miners, were violently attacked by Pinkerton and Baldwin-Felts detectives. 33 strikers were killed. At least two scholars have said “There is no episode in American labor history in which violence was as systematically used by employers as in the Colorado labor war of 1903 and 1904.”
French geologist Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, who died OTD in 1881, was chair of geology at the Sorbonne and in 1878 became inspector-general of mines https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/barbegal-les-baux-st-remy/?s=mb #travel #France #mining
Telling different #OriginStories of #mining & extractivism allows to highlight #environmental injustice racism & settler colonialism in the US
T. DePree on the history of uranium mining in New Mexico & its entanglement w/ Indigenous #dispossession: https://doi.org/pcgd
Cui Bono? 
