Many climate experts see its deserts as a place to build the green-energy future. For two local activists, the price is too ...

A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² ...

But in South Texas, locals worry what a uranium mining boom could mean for their groundwater. Misty Ortega lives adjacent to Uranium Energy Corporation's site for deep injection disposal of ...

It has moved its claim boundaries 4 miles to the west based off a recommendation from the firm, and its new area in Amargosa Valley is “far above the groundwater,” the mining company said.

As early as 1986 some state officials warned that mining could pierce and drain shallow aquifers into the mine and contaminate the regional groundwater that feeds seeps and springs in the Grand Canyon ...

A research team developed electrokinetic mining (EKM), an eco-friendly method for extracting rare earth elements. EKM reduces ...

With a federal push for years to mine more lithium for electric batteries — one of many efforts to reverse human-caused ...

LAS VEGAS — As a result of petitions from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced ...

The Gnangara system lies within the Perth Basin, which provides 35%–50% of Perth's drinking water and supports key industries such as agriculture and mining. Groundwater recharge is the process ...

Illegal mining in the Aravalli range threatens biodiversity, groundwater, and local communities, leading to severe ecological ...