Unregulated activity led by Chinese enterprises in conflict-ravaged Myanmar is creating an environmental calamity in neighboring Thailand.

Fifty-six residents of an Indigenous Oaxaca community face 200 trumped-up charges for resisting mining in their rivers.

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

China’s dominance in rare earth metals has come at a steep environmental cost, with radioactive waste and polluted land ...

Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) have been the focus of increasing concern in recent decades due to their ubiquity in the environment and potential risks. Out-of-date PPCPs are ...

When you see those gleaming solar panels stretched across rooftops and sprawling solar farms, what comes to mind? Clean ...

Abstract Mining activities have significantly affected the Neotropical freshwater ichthyofauna, the most diverse in the world. However, no study has systematized knowledge on the subject. In this ...

Peru’s Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining Boats sit on the shore of the Nanay River, a tributary of the Amazon, amid low water levels and ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin. They say that ...