The Harper government must report in a national public database all the pollution being produced by mining companies, a Federal Court judge ruled Thursday.
The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), created in 1993, details all the industrial and commercial pollutants released into the air, water and land in Canada.
Since 2006, NPRI has also required [...]

CAFOD and Canada’s Development & Peace demand action from mining giant Goldcorp as villagers fear gold mine is poisoning people and the environment in Honduras
Catholic aid agencies CAFOD in the UK and Development & Peace in Canada are calling on multi-million pound mining giant Goldcorp to ensure their San Martin mine in Honduras does [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has slapped Hecla Mining Co. with $177,500 in civil penalties over wastewater discharges from its Lucky Friday Mine and Mill near Mullan, Idaho, in violation of the Clean Water Act.
On Thursday, the EPA announced that Hecla had paid the fine, which the gold and silver mining company was hit with [...]