While there are obvious safety risks associated with these old mines, experts are also sounding the alarm on environmental ...

(Courtesy of the Government Accountability Office) A new federal law may speed up local government, tribal and nonprofit ...

More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned ... gold. A police spokesperson confirmed the miners have been arrested, and investigations are continuing into illegal mining ...

Conservation groups are cheering the passage of new federal legislation that aims to help local officials and environmental ...

More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province. Police ...