How Greenland found itself on thin ice between Trump and NATO: Book excerpt

Greenland's fight for dignity amid US-Denmark tensions over Arctic control, rare earths, and Trump's push to acquire the ...
KYUK

Feds begin to look at the effects of a potential large spill at a proposed Alaska mine

As directed by a court ruling, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is starting to craft a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Donlin Gold mine.
KUCB

Aleutian waters could open to mineral mining in first-ever federal offshore lease sale in Alaska

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is evaluating whether to hold a first-of-its-kind lease sale for seabed mineral development in federal waters off Alaska, and seeking information and input to ...
Alaska Public Media

Opponents of mining site near Haines target new owner at industry conference

The campaign came the same week that Vizsla announced plans for the project for this year – and touted a formal letter of ...

Families mourn those killed in a Congo mine landslide as some survivors prepare to return

A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Battle Mountain mining town of Gilman has unique history among Colorado ghost towns

When Jerry Craghead stepped on a mine grate called a grizzly, in a tunnel in the Eagle Mine at Gilman, Colorado, the grizzly gave way and Craghead nearly plunged down ...
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88 random facts that nobody really asked for, but they are still fun to know

This cat was born looking permanently unimpressed. Thanks to some wild fur markings, this cat appears to have thick eyebrows ...