🦄 Eco, Land & Housing

Mining in the Sacred and Stolen Black Hills, Then and Now

The colonization of the Black Hills by the U.S. government is one of the most well-known land thefts in American history. Since gold was discovered in the sacred lands of Paha Sapa or Ȟe Sápa, also known as the Black Hills, more than 150 years of tragedy, land exploitation, and legal issues followed and continue to this day.

🦄 Global

‘Gold Mafia’ Kingpin Anointed MP as Zimbabwe Disenfranchises 108 Elected Officials

Pedzai Sakupwanya, the losing ZANU-PF candidate known as the “New Mr. Gold” inherited a free parliamentary seat as Zimbabwe's government dismissed 108 elected opposition officials and barred 46 from subsequent by-elections. Violence, gold money and lawfare came into focus in a by-election campaign that gave away the southern African country's troubled democracy.

🦄 Eco

Contentious Copper-Nickel Mine Gets Permit Approval from MN Appeals Court

Saint Paul, MN — On Monday, December 18, the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a key air permit issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for a proposed copper-nickel mine formerly known as PolyMet. The company — NewRange Copper Nickel — views the decision as…

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Alaska Mining Project Threatens Salmon, Water, and Native Communities

Alaska – Trump Administration officials have fast-tracked permits for the largest open-pit mine in North America. The proposed Pebble Mine had previously seemed paralyzed, after more than a decade of relentless opposition by Alaska Native elders and youth. Now, plans for the mine are being…

🦄 Eco, Global

Journalist Dies During German Police Sweep of Hambach Forest

Hambach Forest, Germany – One person has been confirmed to have died during police operations to clear the Hambach Forest to make way for a coal mine. The injury leading to the man’s death took place Wednesday afternoon as officers were attempting to remove protesters…