Mining
Barrick Gold has been hit with a multi-billion dollar lawsuit
The Canadian gold mining company has been plagued for years by allegations of human rights violations and environmental destruction at its mine in Papua New Guinea.
Alaska initiative to protect wild salmon could kill off a massive open-pit mine
Proposition 1 would protect rivers the salmon need to spawn but the oil, gas, and mining industries say it would make new projects a "deal killer."
The battle over gold buried in a Colombian mountain
The town of Marmato is at the centre of an international legal battle with a Canadian-owned mining firm.
North Koreans Were Treated to a Mining Opera on TV During the Trump-Kim Summit
Complete with jazz hands.
Canada’s export bank needs an overhaul following private jet corruption scandal
The NDP wants a full review of Export Development Canada after it lent $41 million for a private jet to an Indian family facing corruption charges.
Still No Charges for the Company Behind Canada’s Largest Mining Spill
Canada has one of the worst records on the planet for making polluters like Imperial Metals pay.
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A small town in Quebec could power the next wave of electric cars
But proposals for a massive nickel and cobalt mine in northern Quebec have environmentalists worried.
New watchdog to investigate Canadian companies for human rights abuses
New ombudsperson will investigate the Canadian companies overseas that make your clothes and mine materials for your electronics.
Canada won’t compensate this First Nation for historic gold mine poisoning
Compensation for Giant Mine arsenic contamination would be costly and could set precedent for other contaminated sites: government report.
BC Fracking May Be Exposing Pregnant Women to a Carcinogen, Study Says
Urine tests suggest higher than normal levels of a benzene near shale gas fields.
United Nations calls out Canadian mining companies for catastrophic spills
Global action and tougher rules needed to prevent toxic dam breaches, U.N. says
These are the most extreme effects of climate change people are seeing in the Arctic
As world leaders meet for COP23 climate summit, Inuit are seeing the sun rise in the wrong place
