These 13 national monuments may be ‘at risk’ of losing federal protections, advocates warn
The National Park Conservation Association has identified 13 national monuments it considers at risk after a recent Interior ...
Federal retirements really are sorted by hand in an old mine. Elon Musk knocked the system.
Hundreds of federal workers process thousands of retirement applications every month, by hand in a converted former mine.
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Lithium mine’s approval violates international rights agreement, says Human Rights Watch
U.S. government violated international human rights law when it provided a mining permit to Lithium Americas for the Thacker ...
China Steps In to Replace USAID
China has provided funding for landmine clearance in Cambodia days after work was halted by Donald Trump's freeze on USAID ...
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‘A Good Chance People Are Going to Die’ After U.S. Halts Funding for Mine Clearing
Parts of the region are also strewn with land mines laid during other conflicts. The United States is a big part of the clean up effort and has given out more than $750 million over the past three ...
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Trump admin moves to resume mine waste disposal on BLM land
The Interior Department is moving to overturn a key Biden administration policy stemming from two court rulings that blocks ...
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Billions needed to clean up dangerous mines blocked under Trump’s spending freeze
State officials are taking legal action and sounding the alarm amid a freeze on funds needed to remediate polluting and dangerous mines and underground ...
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Lithium Mine Restricts Access to Ancestral Lands
An outdated mining law from 1872 allows companies in the United States to claim mineral rights on most federally owned land, much of which was taken from Indigenous people. A new report from Human ...
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Flying Mines
Here’s What You Need to Know: Is a new naval mine on the way? Like land mines, naval mines sit in wait for enemy traffic—not soldiers or tanks, but ships and submarines.... Here’s What You ...