High Court to Probe Virginia Ban on Uranium Mining
The Supreme Court took up a case Monday where Virginia has barred mining companies from exploiting the country’s largest known uranium deposit.
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Trump Mining Pollution Rule Change Challenged
Environmental groups challenged the Trump administration in federal court Wednesday over its rejection of an Obama-era proposal that would have required mining companies to prove they have enough money to clean up their pollution.
Read moreFourth Circuit Pressed to Allow Mining Death Claim to Proceed
Fifty years after their family members were killed in a West Virginia mining disaster, descendants of the 78 left dead pressed the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to allow them to hold the mine owner responsible.
Read moreFeds Clamor Over Dangerous Mine Condition at DC Circuit
Critical of the dangers miners faced from a shortened roof, the government argued before the D.C. Circuit Friday that regulators should not have considered the other safety measures that might offset the roof’s harm.
Read moreFeds Renew Leases for Mining in Minnesota Wilderness
The U.S. Interior Department rescinded an Obama administration decision and reinstated mineral leases for a company that plans to build a copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota.
Read moreGiant Lead Cleanup Ordered in Missouri
More than 4,000 lead-infested properties will be cleaned up in eastern Missouri, where 9 percent to 17 percent of children have elevated lead levels in their blood, federal officials said Wednesday.
Read moreTrump Plan Ends Research on Grand Canyon Uranium Mining
U.S. scientists studying the effects of uranium mining around the Grand Canyon say they are lacking information on whether the radioactive element is hurting plants, animals and a water source for more than 30 million people.
Read moreCoal Mining
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment for the Department of the Interior regarding its lease of coal-mining rights in Montana’s Bull Mountains.
Read moreMining Company Disputes $8 Million Environmental-Litigation Bill
A Canadian mining company on Monday claimed it shouldn’t have to pay the $8 million it cost the Confederated Tribes of Colville to help the EPA prove that the company is liable for toxic wastewater it dumped into the Canadian headwaters of the Columbia River.
Read moreEnvironmentalists Decry Trump’s ‘Illegal’ Energy Plans for Public Lands
A dramatic downsizing of national monuments took effect on Friday, coinciding with Trump administration announcements about increasing energy development on public lands that drew heavy rebuke from environmentalists.
Read moreWestern Water
The U.S. Forest Service hurt threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead by approving 23 water diversions for irrigation, logging, mining and other uses in the Sawtooth National Forest, the Idaho Conservation League claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreWisconsin Tribe Sues Over Proposed Mine in Upper Peninsula
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin claims in a federal lawsuit that the Environmental Protection Agency must take control of the permitting process for a proposed sulfide mine along a river on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula because the river and its wetlands are protected interstate waters.
Read moreMinnesota Releases Crucial Draft Permit for Disputed Mine
A contentious copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota took another step forward Friday when state regulators released a crucial draft permit for public comment.
Read moreUS Officials Say They Wrongly Announced Coal Mine Expansion
U.S. officials said Thursday that they misspoke when they recently announced they had approved an expansion of a Montana coal mine that would keep it operating for another 19 years.
Read moreEnviro Groups Lose Bid to Stop Florida Phosphate Mine
The world’s largest producer of potash and phosphate fertilizer can proceed with plans to greatly expand mining operations in Florida, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreGrand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Upheld, But Nearby Mine Allowed to Open
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld an Obama administration ban on uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, but in a separate decision cleared uranium mine operations to resume at a mine six miles south of the canyon.
Read moreAlaska Tribe and Conservation Groups Take Feds to Task on Mining
The Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan, along with local and national conservation organizations, sued the Bureau of Land Management in federal court, accusing it of disregarding federal laws requiring consideration of the full impacts of mineral mining when it approved a mine exploration plan.
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