Unlike terrestrial mining, extracting resources in space means confronting unique technical challenges, energy limitations, extreme temperatures and microgravity. But planning how to best venture into this uncharted territory is nothing new for the founder of the world’s first space resources degree program at Colorado School of Mines.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit agreed with the Oglala Sioux that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission “vitiate(d)” the National Environmental Policy Act by granting Powertech USA a license to mine uranium in the Black Hills without preparing an adequate environmental impact statement.
Read moreA world leader in gold mining recorded its 21st death this year because the South African company puts profits ahead of safety, Sibanye Gold Limited shareholders said Thursday in a federal class action.
Read moreEnvironmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt is proposing surrendering some of his agency’s veto power over waste discharges near waterways by mining and development.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s renewal of two expired mining leases in Northern Minnesota drew a federal lawsuit on the first day of summer, from nine outdoor-recreation businesses who say the move threatens a pristine and iconic wilderness area.
Read moreSeveral Navajo groups brought a federal complaint against the Department of the Interior for ordering the Kayenta Coal Mine to close in December 2019, without ordering it to be returned to its pre-strip-mine condition.
Read moreIn the first of a two-part series, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief visits Cheyenne, Wyoming – an Old West railroad town that embraces the past while making the occasional attempt at innovation before heading to dynamic Denver, Colorado, for next month’s dispatch.
Read moreThe Supreme Court took up a case Monday where Virginia has barred mining companies from exploiting the country’s largest known uranium deposit.
Read moreAttorneys made their closing arguments Wednesday in a case where the city of Pomona claims that a Chilean chemical company “poisoned” its groundwater over the course of decades, costing millions in cleanup costs.
Read moreEnvironmental 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 moreFifty 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 moreCritical 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 moreThe 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 moreMore 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 moreU.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 moreThe 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 moreA 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.
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