Arkansas lawmakers have introduced Senate Bill 60 (SB 60), which takes a critical stance against crypto mining businesses ...

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Arkansas lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would ban crypto mining operations within 30 miles of any US military ...

A mining company in West Virginia is facing a lawsuit from conservation groups that claim it has violated federal ...

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

A new law decades in the making could finally lead to the cleanup of some of the thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today a two-year pause on new mining claims on land adjacent to Nevada’s Ash ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

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The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

In ancient Rome, lead was widely used in glazed table wares, paints, cosmetics, and was intentionally ingested as well as ...