A long-simmering conflict over individual versus public rights has converged on the banks of the rivers of southwest Oregon, stirring resentment between gold miners and environmentalists. In question ...

A decision from the U.S. Supreme Court protects Idaho rivers from what conservation groups say are harmful mining practices. The justices rejected a petition to review a case in which a California ...

Hundreds of Indonesian fishers have seized a dredging vessel from state-owned PT Timah in protest against offshore tin mining in what they say is their fishing zone. The incident on July 12 is the ...

A group, the Bonny Improvement Association (BIA) has threatened to drag an indigenous firm, Chairborne Global Services Limited, to the court if it goes ahead with the proposed sand-mining and dredging ...

The choice of dredging method removed only a fraction of the contaminants, and the EPA's monitoring of progress has been insufficient. Dredgers at work in the Hudson River near Fort Edward on July 26, ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has finalized the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) general permit for Small Suction Dredge Mining. The ...